Traveller woman beaten to death in Louth.Mod warning in post 1

Super-Rush · 30-08-2012 05:02PM #1

Murder probe after woman found dead at her home in Dundalk

A post mortem has established that 34-year-old Jacqueline McDonagh was beaten to death.
Her husband and children were in the house at the time.
Gardaí say they are keeping an open mind on the case and have renewed their appeal for anyone with information to come forward.
Ms McDonagh died after she sustained serious injuries to her head and body during the attack at her house at College Manor in Dundalk.
Gardaí have spoken briefly to her husband, but said that as he was extremely distressed they are waiting to speak to him again to see if he can assist with their inquiries.
The family moved to Dundalk from Finglas in Dublin last year because of an ongoing Traveller feud.

Source.

Ok so we've decided to start a thread for discussion about this terrible incident.

Mod warning: Any form of traveller bashing will result in lengthy bans(even if you think its a joke) and any speculation will be deleted.

super_furry · 30-08-2012 05:03PM

I've heard rumours but is there anything concrete to link this to a feud?

aido179 · 30-08-2012 05:05PM

Well this thread wont be very light hearted

Ghandee · 30-08-2012 05:09PM

Thoughts go to immediate family.

RIP

davet82 · 30-08-2012 05:12PM

just lock it now please...

Sunnyisland · 30-08-2012 05:12PM

RIP to the unfortunate victim in this.

The husband was in the house at the time of the attack,and him being a champion street fighter you would think he could would have heard and stopped the attack on his wife,according to the Herald Gardai are sceptical of the possibility that masked men attacked the house, IMO the husband has some questions to answer.

http://www.herald.ie/news/suspect-in-murder-of-movie-mum-jacqui-tried-to-attack-priest-3215114.html

Super-Rush · 30-08-2012 05:12PM

This is going to get a lot of publicity due to her husband being a major part of the documentary Knuckle.

Sykk · 30-08-2012 05:13PM

Pointless thread will end in bans. RIP though.

DrumSteve · 30-08-2012 05:34PM

Actually only watched knuckle recently... thought she came across well in it.

RIP, sympathies to the family also.

smash · 30-08-2012 05:37PM

It seems a bit strange that it happened while her husband and children were in the house. No point in commenting really until more info about the case is given.

phasers · 30-08-2012 05:40PM

What a weird case. In her own house with her family around? How?

RIP anyway, her poor kids must be in bits

Kristopherus · 30-08-2012 05:40PM

smash wrote: »

It seems a bit strange that it happened while her husband and children were in the house. No point in commenting really until more info about the case is given.

Agreed. Not all is as it seems at the mo.

DazMarz · 30-08-2012 05:48PM

must.... resist.... urge.... to.... post.... bad... things...

inmyday · 30-08-2012 05:52PM

Kristopherus wrote: »

Agreed. Not all is as it seems at the mo.

No one can say anything yet, but I know what im thinking and what many are thinking. I saw the tv programme about her husband.
Cant say anything yet. So I really dont know what the point is of this thread. Why is it even open?

inmyday · 30-08-2012 05:55PM

Super-Rush wrote: »

Mod warning: Any form of traveller bashing will result in lengthy bans(even if you think its a joke) and any speculation will be deleted.

Why did you start this thread? This is a pointless thread, as noone knows what happened yet. And cant comment yet. Definite bans everywhere, namely me. See ya pals

mathstalk · 30-08-2012 05:55PM

They had moved to Dundalk to escape feuds. It's clear that they just wanted to get away from the conflict and violence, but evidently it ended up finding them. Sad that there was no escape for them.

later12 · 30-08-2012 05:56PM

Unless it descends into discussion of Sabrina the Teenage Witch again, what more can we say? RIP?

My name is URL · 30-08-2012 05:57PM

Weird thread tbh

Why include the fact that she was a traveler in the thread title? And then go on to say that generalizations etc will earn bans.. and no speculation allowed either?

What the hell is supposed to be discussed?

Chuck Stone · 30-08-2012 06:00PM

R.I.P.

What a terrible way to die.

I hope it doesn't turn into a big feud resulting in the deaths of more people.

mackg · 30-08-2012 06:02PM

If this wasn't started someone else would have started it and it could have got very messy before mods got wind of it. Better to avoid the stuff that will get people bans than to dish them out.

30-08-2012 06:02PM

Thread title should just have said Women beaten to death.

Interesting that the Mod used Traveller woman, then promises bans for discussiong travellers.

Poor girl. Hope they catch who ever is responsible fast.

R.I.P

Super-Rush · 30-08-2012 06:05PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Weird thread tbh

Why include the fact that she was a traveler in the thread title? And then go on to say that generalizations etc will earn bans.. and no speculation allowed either?

What the hell is supposed to be discussed?

I put the fact that she was a traveler in the title because she was a member of the travelling community and to stop a million and one threads being started about the same topic.

Is that a generalization? No its a fact.

No speculation is a rule we enforce in a lot of threads like this.

Stercus Accidit · 30-08-2012 06:06PM

Any form of traveller bashing will result in lengthy bans

Poor choice of words there...

Super-Rush · 30-08-2012 06:07PM

Jake1 wrote: »

Thread title should just have said Women beaten to death.

Interesting that the Mod used Traveller woman, then promises bans for discussiong travellers.

Poor girl. Hope they catch who ever is responsible fast.

R.I.P

If you actually read the opening post you would see i never once said that people couldn't discuss travelers.

Chuck Stone · 30-08-2012 06:09PM

Jake1 wrote: »

Interesting that the Mod used Traveller woman, then promises bans for discussiong travellers.

It was going to come up and we all know people love getting all hysterical about Travellers.

Can't blame the mods really. Also, I think it's actually against the law to single out one group for criticism so boards probably have to be careful.

ScumLord · 30-08-2012 06:09PM

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

Poor choice of words there...

It should result in a prison sentence surely?

30-08-2012 06:10PM

Super-Rush wrote: »

If you actually read the opening post you would see i never once said that people couldn't discuss travelers.

Fair enough, my bad

Dangerous Man · 30-08-2012 06:12PM

ScumLord wrote: »

It should result in a prison sentence surely?

I think it was the most subtle way he could work in a traveller joke, without raising too much suspicion. Job well done, I'd say...

Sulla Felix · 30-08-2012 06:14PM

How do we know she's a traveller.

Cantona's Collars · 30-08-2012 06:19PM

Sulla Felix wrote: »

How do we know she's a traveller.

It's common knowledge.Her oh appeared on a documentary about bare knuckle boxing.

Sulla Felix · 30-08-2012 06:32PM

zerks wrote: »

Sulla Felix wrote: »

How do we know she's a traveller.

It's common knowledge.Her oh appeared on a documentary about bare knuckle boxing.

Okies, cheers, I didn't see the program I guess.

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