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(SIX!) Gardai sent to arrest mother of unpaid fine at 3.30AM

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  • #62
    joydivision
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 735 ✭✭✭joydivision


    donegal_road wrote: »
    so how many Gardai do you think were assigned to work on the Anglo Irish Bank investigation?.... wait for it..... 11,

    one of the biggest banking scandals in recent European history and the government send in 11 Gardai.

    You could not make this stuff up
    Id say they need more accountants than garda in that case . Really bad post by someone with an axe to grind .


  • #63
    snubbleste
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    Ghandee wrote: »
    How have posters decided there were no men on thre premises?
    I'm genuinely curious here.
    The article uses the words: mother, mum, woman, sister, mam, baby. I'm sure if there was a man in the house the article would've mentioned this very important fact.


  • #64
    MaxSteele
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    A bit off topic but ....

    I think the guards love this mobile phone fining lark. It is a great way to fill up their little book to show to the Sergeant every week.

    My mother was stopped in a long row of traffic at Newland's Cross last year and sent a quick text while holding the phone beneath the steering wheel. And wouldn't ya know the garda way down the line had 20x20 vision and fined her 100 on the spot.

    I think she may have even gotten penalty points too. :rolleyes:


  • #65
    Elmer Blooker
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    It good to know that our property tax will be put to good use on "services" like this.


  • #66
    Boombastic
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    Elmer Blooker wrote: »
    It good to know that our property tax will be put to good use on "services" like this.

    Don't they also have to pay property tax? most of them have houses


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  • #67
    laoch na mona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭laoch na mona


    seamus wrote: »
    What discrimination? Executing a valid arrest warrant on a traveller is discrimination now?
    NiallSparky wrote: »
    That isn't discrimination.


    This discrimination
    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    Travellers don't pay fines, insurance on cars, road tax, nothing like that. Fair play to the police, they get away with murder (probably literally) in Ireland.

    and the way people justify 6 gardaí going in to arrest someone for a minor offense by saying it was travelers


  • #68
    Celticfire
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    MaxSteele wrote: »
    A bit off topic but ....

    I think the guards love this mobile phone fining lark. It is a great way to fill up their little book to show to the Sergeant every week.

    My mother was stopped in a long row of traffic at Newland's Cross last year and sent a quick text while holding the phone beneath the steering wheel. And wouldn't ya know the garda way down the line had 20x20 vision and fined her 100 on the spot.

    I think she may have even gotten penalty points too. :rolleyes:

    Next time you're driving around have a look at the faces of fellow drivers and see how many you can spot looking down at their phones and not at the road ahead. It's not that difficult to see.


  • #69
    Fighting Irish
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    Just from reading the thread title, imo the OP is a clown!
    And too right i'd send 6 to a halting site


  • #70
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Celticfire wrote: »
    Out acquiring Christmas prezzies ???

    That would be extraordinarily Irish really. Wait until the men have gone out robbing before serving a driving summons to the woman. It's harsh justice!


  • #71
    lanomist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭lanomist


    Dodge wrote: »
    I'd imagine the 2.30 am time is related to that too. It seems the women were awake, but there were no men in the house.
    Wonder where were the men at that hour of the morning ? We all know what they were at, its not rocket science.


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  • #72
    Fighting Irish
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    Hippies! wrote: »
    Gardai exercise their duty, problem? Also what a silly thread title, almost implies there's something wrong with arresting a 'mother' :confused:

    .

    I'm surprised he didn't put "READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!!11" in the title too


  • #73
    donegal_road
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    joydivision wrote: »
    Id say they need more accountants than garda in that case . Really bad post by someone with an axe to grind .

    Im not having a go or anything... I am only comparing the magnitude of the two cases.

    6 Gardai sent in to arrest woman over €250 unpaid fine vs 11 Gardai sent to investigate the Anglo scandal which will cost the state €65,000,000,000

    And you tell me I have an axe to grind?


  • #74
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Fighting Irish wrote: »
    Just from reading the thread title, imo the OP is a clown!
    And too right i'd send 6 to a halting site

    That's not very nice. I don't think I've ever insulted you before fighting Irish?


  • #75
    joydivision
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 735 ✭✭✭joydivision


    laoch na mona wrote: »




    This discrimination



    and the way people justify 6 gardaí going in to arrest someone for a minor offense by saying it was travelers
    It doesnt matter the offence . An arrest warrant was served . They need to secure the area and make arrest . They needed 6 people .
    Should they send in 1 and get battered ?
    Whether its a traveller or not if they think there is a risk they send enough in to deal with it .


  • #76
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    In fairness, it's not the OP. It's the Indo's headline.
    Six gardai sent to arrest mum for unpaid fine at 3am
    By Barry Duggan


  • #77
    Fighting Irish
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    Ghandee wrote: »
    That's not very nice. I don't think I've ever insulted you before fighting Irish?

    I don't care what you've done before, the news of the world wouldn't even come up with a thread title like that!


  • #78
    Amirani
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    MaxSteele wrote: »
    A bit off topic but ....

    I think the guards love this mobile phone fining lark. It is a great way to fill up their little book to show to the Sergeant every week.

    My mother was stopped in a long row of traffic at Newland's Cross last year and sent a quick text while holding the phone beneath the steering wheel. And wouldn't ya know the garda way down the line had 20x20 vision and fined her 100 on the spot.

    I think she may have even gotten penalty points too. :rolleyes:

    Good riddance in my opinion.


  • #79
    laoch na mona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭laoch na mona


    joydivision wrote: »
    It doesnt matter the offence . An arrest warrant was served . They need to secure the area and make arrest . They needed 6 people .
    Should they send in 1 and get battered ?
    Whether its a traveller or not if they think there is a risk they send enough in to deal with it .

    why would they get battered?


  • #80
    humanji
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    Can those with a hatred of Travellers keep it to themselves. Bans will be handed out if these generalisations continue.


  • #81
    Super-Rush
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    Fighting Irish wrote: »
    Just from reading the thread title, imo the OP is a clown!
    And too right i'd send 6 to a halting site

    Banned.


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  • #82
    Amirani
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    laoch na mona wrote: »

    why would they get battered?

    There's many areas in the country Gardai wouldn't go on their own, not just halting sites.


  • #83
    dodderangler
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    She is a traveler living in a halting site, would you go on your lonesome?

    Thought not.
    Limerick is more than just a halting site


  • #84
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    dodderangler wrote: »
    Limerick is more than just a halting site

    Don't post in this thread again.

    Pm me for clarification.


  • #85
    Madam_X
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    laoch na mona wrote: »
    a bit of discrimination id say
    its because shes a traveler they sent so many
    Probably. For their safety. Even the most level-headed person would agree halting sites can be (not always) hostile environments to outsiders.

    The time they visited is weird though - this isn't fecking El Salvador! People would have been asleep, including young kids - seems bit of an infringement, although there was probably a reason.


  • #86
    ZzubZzub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 444 ✭✭ZzubZzub


    MaxSteele wrote: »
    A bit off topic but ....

    I think the guards love this mobile phone fining lark. It is a great way to fill up their little book to show to the Sergeant every week.

    My mother was stopped in a long row of traffic at Newland's Cross last year and sent a quick text while holding the phone beneath the steering wheel. And wouldn't ya know the garda way down the line had 20x20 vision and fined her 100 on the spot.

    I think she may have even gotten penalty points too. :rolleyes:

    Delighted! Too right! You think because she "disguised" her use of the phone, the copper should of turned a blind eye?! I really hate people using their phone while driving. There's never an excuse for it. I'd love to be a Garda. I'd hand out fines and points for mobile phone use like there was no tomorrow.

    OT, I'd like to hear the undisclosed "specific" reasoning for executing the warrant at 0330, though I imagine it would be for everything to go off without a hitch. I get that 0330, with men out of the ho.. caravan, it may of been a safer time. But still. 0330.


  • #87
    Boombastic
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    Cleeo wrote: »
    Delighted! Too right! You think because she "disguised" her use of the phone, the copper should of turned a blind eye?! I really hate people using their phone while driving. There's never an excuse for it. I'd love to be a Garda. I'd hand out fines and points for mobile phone use like there was no tomorrow.

    OT, I'd like to hear the undisclosed "specific" reasoning for executing the warrant at 0330, though I imagine it would be for everything to go off without a hitch. I get that 0330, with men out of the ho.. caravan, it may of been a safer time. But still. 0330.
    Maybe they were certain she would be there at that time. Maybe they had trouble tracking her down during the day. Lots of reasons for the timing.


  • #88
    laoch na mona
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    Madam_X wrote: »
    Probably. For their safety. Even the most level-headed person would agree halting sites can be (not always) hostile environments to outsiders.

    hostile not necessarily dangerous


  • #89
    ZzubZzub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 444 ✭✭ZzubZzub


    Boombastic wrote: »
    Maybe they were certain she would be there at that time. Maybe they had trouble tracking her down during the day. Lots of reasons for the timing.

    Yeah but I'm just really nosy. The article said
    Insp John Deasy .... told the court there may have been specific reasons as to why it was done at that time but did not identify what they were.

    I wanna know!


  • #90
    Mr Jinx
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    Ghandee wrote: »
    The dead of night would be safer than daylight hours?

    Ever watch the news? early morning raid, pre dawn raid....., you get them while they are in bed and half asleep. less chance of trouble.


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  • #91
    Duggy747
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    If they had wind that the Gardaì were coming for her she would be gone already and they would've have a hard time locating her.

    On top of that, a Garda going in on his lonesome or with another wouldn't have been enough if the scene got ugly. Would be the same if they went to an area where they suspected confrontation from a crowd over an arrest.


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