BattleCorp wrote: » How fcukin hard would it have been to load her into a car and bring her to the nearest courthouse instead of making us look like a pack of muckshafts by having it in the local pub. Limerick and Ennis are just down the road from Shannon FFS. Seriously.
topper75 wrote: » I understand the court rotates in Clare. It should have been Killaloe's turn for the county session this week but the courthouse is closed there for some time. I believe they moved it to the local hotel (across the water in Tipp in the twin town of Ballina, if your'e still with me?) but now it is in a function room of a pub. It works so I've no issue
topper75 wrote: » Seriously indeed. You are the one proposing changing the entire court system in Clare to suit one case. It's been done that way for years here.
topper75 wrote: » I understand the court rotates in Clare. It should have been Killaloe's turn for the county session this week but the courthouse is closed there for some time. I believe they moved it to the local hotel (across the water in Tipp in the twin town of Ballina, if your'e still with me?) but now it is in a function room of a pub. It works so I've no issue. If the 'Laurens' do, donations for a new courthouse in Killaloe are welcome. BTW - cringe at all the insecure people on here worrying at what they'll think of us in the Hamptons. We are very happy with who we are here in Clare.
Aglomerado wrote: » It's been that way for 20 years since the courthouse closed in Killaloe AFAIK.
seamus wrote: » To be fair, if the arresting Garda was from Donegal, she may very well have been incomprehensible to a lot of people. Lots of Irish people will struggle with a strong Donegal accent.
Eutow wrote: » Yes, lets get rid of the remaining pretense of a functioning justice system by closing all dedicated courts and having cases heard in the local pub, maybe even pay an annual rent to Aldi, Lidl etc so we can use their stockroom as a court room. The fact that this is going on for years in Clare does not make it acceptable. I find it pathetic to be honest that a pub is used to hear cases. It makes a mockery of the whole court system.
[-0-] wrote: » I'm a Clare man. You don't speak for everyone in Clare. Brian Boru complex?
topper75 wrote: » If you are a Clare man, was it news to you about how hearings are rotated around the county? Did you know Killaloe courthouse was defunct? I speak for all Clare people who couldn't give a fiddler's fart what those in the Hamptons think of us and how we get things done. So I probably don't represent your good self with my views admittedly.
[-0-] wrote: » Essentially what you're saying is you speak for all people who think as you do. The moving courts should be held in town halls, not local pubs. It's ridiculous, despite your biased view of it.
topper75 wrote: » I see nothing in your post other than pointless sarcasm. Can you point out anything in the, admittedly ad hoc, arrangement that would impact on the hearing of cases or the administration of justice?
Eutow wrote: » My problem is, is that if a court case is heard in a pub instead of a proper dedicated court, why would you take it seriously? As I said in my previous case, it makes a mockery of the justice system, and it cries out to be NOT taken seriously. She was arrested for being drunk and the case is heard in a pub for f**ks sake. She probably couldn't believe what she as seeing and thinking what kind of joke is this.
Chucken wrote: » Do you actually think its in THE BAR with pints being pulled? Its in the function room with shutters over the bar etc.
tipptom wrote: » Ralph Laurens drunken neice asks Irish policewoman to speak in English to her as recounted to the judge in Clare court case held in a PUB!. This should go down well in the Hamptons.
Alun wrote: » Can you say that in English?
tipptom wrote: » Oh Roysh,i guess you are from Wicklow.
Chucken wrote: » And what about the fact that there is no town hall in Killaloe/Ballina?
Eutow wrote: » It doesn't matter, it's still in the pub. It is not the proper place to be hearing a court case. Would you have a problem holding a case in the storeroom of an Aldi, or Dunnes if all the food was covered by black bags?
Skid X wrote: » Worst County based insult ever, there. "You people from Wicklow, with your properly constructed sentences that make sense" :rolleyes:
Chucken wrote: » The function room is private from the main bar and is has its own entrance. Its a big room with no obvious sign of drink being in there. It's comfortable and warm and it perfectly fine to hold court sessions in. I wonder how many here would remember or know that before court was held here, it was held in The Lakeside Hotel? Also a licenced premises....Suddenly the venue of Clare courts is of major interest to the whole country just because of someone with a "name" lands in front of the judge?!
Chucken wrote: » The function room is private from the main bar and is has its own entrance. Its a big room with no obvious sign of drink being in there. It's comfortable and warm and it perfectly fine to hold court sessions in. I wonder how many here would remember or know that before court was held here, it was held in The Lakeside Hotel? Also a licenced premises.... Suddenly the venue of Clare courts is of major interest to the whole country just because of someone with a "name" lands in front of the judge?!
mickydoomsux wrote: » "He consented to bail on a bond of €2,5000. " Quality reporting.
tipptom wrote: » You drunk or what?
tipptom wrote: » According to the BBC news,"The pub was packed for the days court sittings,with the bar area cordoned of with wire mesh".
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