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Five held after Real IRA shooting

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  • #2
    TeddyTedson
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    The real IRA even bothering to include the letters I, R and A in their name is laughable.
    Another rival drug dealer shot for the good of the Republic was it...
    Maybe the murderers will eventually be let out on the good Friday agreement.


  • #3
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,299 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Interestingly, the ERU had him under surveillance but he still got murdered.

    Seems like they weren't too bothered about doing their job.


  • #4
    anncoates
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    Zebra3 wrote: »
    Interestingly, the ERU had him under surveillance but he still got murdered.

    Seems like they weren't too bothered about doing their job.

    Maybe they have the same idea as the majority of the public on how much a 'loss' him being shot constituted to society..


  • #5
    spockety
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    Zebra3 wrote: »
    Interestingly, the ERU had him under surveillance but he still got murdered.

    Seems like they weren't too bothered about doing their job.

    Knowing all of the particulars of the incident as you do, what exactly would you suggest the surveillance team should have done?


  • #6
    laoch na mona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭laoch na mona


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    The real IRA even bothering to include the letters I, R and A in their name is laughable.
    Another rival drug dealer shot for the good of the Republic was it...
    Maybe the murderers will eventually be let out on the good Friday agreement.
    i agree but whats with the GFA reference any group that hasn't decommissioned is viewed as a criminal group


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  • #7
    Crooked Jack
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    laoch na mona wrote: »
    i agree but whats with the GFA reference any group that hasn't decommissioned is viewed as a criminal group

    Some people just cant resist getting a dig in at the provos even when it has nothing to do with them. As with all these threads expect Sinn Fein bashing before it moves on to Gerry Adams and then finally descends into repeated howls of Warrington, Jean McConville, Jerry McCabe before being closed for going completely off topic.


  • #8
    .jacksparrow.
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    Thread should really be closed now.


  • #9
    Chips Lovell
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    Provo crime = good
    Dissident crime = bad
    mkay?


  • #10
    Ash.J.Williams
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    Crooked Jack wrote: »

    Some people just cant resist getting a dig in at the provos even when it has nothing to do with them. As with all these threads expect Sinn Fein bashing before it moves on to Gerry Adams and then finally descends into repeated howls of Warrington, Jean McConville, Jerry McCabe before being closed for going completely off topic.
    Fancy the provos eh?


  • #11
    gallag
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭gallag


    .jacksparrow. wrote: »
    Thread should really be closed now.
    Why?


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  • #12
    SB2013
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    spockety wrote: »
    Knowing all of the particulars of the incident as you do, what exactly would you suggest the surveillance team should have done?

    Have you never played video games or watched a movie? They should have hit the slow time button as soon as they saw a gun, then the protagonist (we'll call him max power) runs in and disarms the main bad guy with a number of well executed combos while his colleagues point guns at the accomplices who drop their weapons in fear.


  • #13
    AnonoBoy
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    gallag wrote: »
    Anyone any info?

    Yeah a guy was shot and now 5 people have been remanded in custody over it.


  • #14
    gallag
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭gallag


    AnonoBoy wrote: »

    Yeah a guy was shot and now 5 people have been remanded in custody over it.
    You probably get this all the time but have you ever considered a career in investigative journalism?


  • #15
    juice1304
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    Zebra3 wrote: »
    Interestingly, the ERU had him under surveillance but he still got murdered.

    Seems like they weren't too bothered about doing their job.

    They woud'nt have the right to arrest them unless they have committed a crime.


  • #16
    LordSutch
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    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    The real IRA even bothering to include the letters I, R and A in their name is laughable.

    Not that different from the Provo's including the letters I,R and A in their name, apart from the fact that the current crop of riff raff
    are not half as lethal as their predecessors. Thank God.


  • #17
    tin79
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    juice1304 wrote: »
    They woud'nt have the right to arrest them unless they have committed a crime.

    So if someone is about the murder another person in full view of the Gardai they cant do anything until after the person is dead as up to that point no crime is comitted? :)


  • #18
    SoulandForm
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    My prayers are with the three young children of this man.


  • #19
    Chucky the tree
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    If you are sitting in a car watching someone across the road and a car quickly pulls up next to a person, one guy jumps out and shoots him 5 times I'd say it would be pretty much impossible to stop it.


  • #20
    Dyr
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    LordSutch wrote: »
    Not that different from the Provo's including the letters I,R and A in their name, apart from the fact that the current crop of riff raff
    are not half as lethal as their predecessors. Thank God.

    The provos will be remembered as the definitive IRA era. The early stuff is good too but its more like a debut album.


  • #21
    Death and Taxes
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    Thread title should be changed to "drug dealing scum killing each other", because that is all this is.


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  • #22
    Zebra3
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    anncoates wrote: »
    Maybe they have the same idea as the majority of the public on how much a 'loss' him being shot constituted to society..

    I didn't realise the guards were meant to pick and choose who they let die and who they save. :rolleyes:
    spockety wrote: »
    Knowing all of the particulars of the incident as you do, what exactly would you suggest the surveillance team should have done?
    juice1304 wrote: »
    They woud'nt have the right to arrest them unless they have committed a crime.

    Intervene? :confused:


  • #23
    LordSutch
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    Bambi wrote: »
    The provos will be remembered as the definitive IRA era.

    Yes indeed, the definitive killing machine era/ one of the bleakest eras to ever haunt this island.


  • #24
    Valetta
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    Zebra3 wrote: »
    I didn't realise the guards were meant o pick and choose who they let die and who they save. :rolleyes:




    Intervene? :confused:

    Please be more specific.

    Or do you, like me not have a clue of the particular circumstances and therefore should not make assumptions of what the guards should or should not have done?


  • #25
    SoulandForm
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    LordSutch wrote: »
    Yes indeed, the definitive killing machine era/ one of the bleakest eras to ever haunt this island.

    You obviously dont know much about Irish history if you can say that.

    If you are going to live (mostly) in this country maybe it would be a good idea to really learn something about it before commenting on events in it, particularly events that have their root causes in the actions of your own ruling class.


  • #26
    Hoop66
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    Zebra3 wrote: »
    I didn't realise the guards were meant o pick and choose who they let die and who they save.
    They're not, but they do, Fairly regularly as far as I can make out. Both here and in the UK.


  • #27
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    I never mentioned the provisional, the continuity or official IRA. My point is that the Real IRA are no different than any other drugs gang. The IRA branding is the biggest load of bull**** when all they're interested in is controlling the drugs trade.


  • #28
    LordSutch
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    SoulandForm wrote: »
    You obviously dont know much about Irish history if you can say that.

    Have you ever once condemned the Provisional IRA and their actions?


  • #29
    SB2013
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    Zebra3 wrote: »
    I didn't realise the guards were meant o pick and choose who they let die and who they save. :rolleyes:




    Intervene? :confused:

    Could you be more specific in what particular action they should have taken in this instance?
    Hoop66 wrote: »
    They're not, but they do, Fairly regularly as far as I can make out. Both here and in the UK.

    I'd love to see some shred of proof for that one. Even a sensationalist Daily mail article would be a start


  • #30
    SoulandForm
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    LordSutch wrote: »
    Have you ever once condemned the Provisional IRA and their actions?

    Yes I have as a matter of fact.

    But the root cause of the violence was British colonialism.


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  • #31
    LordSutch
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    SoulandForm wrote: »
    Yes I have as a matter of fact.

    But the root cause of the violence was British colonialism.

    Their we have the excuse again. The excuse for what the Provo's did in the name of the Irish people.

    Disgusting.


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