Ferry's Refuse

NIMAN · 18-06-2018 8:25pm

Let's hope the judge puts this guy where he belongs the next time h appears in court.

massey265 · 18-06-2018 10:26pm

By the looks off it on prime time, there are plenty ferrys about.

NIMAN · 18-06-2018 10:35pm

Jesus, that was a dull hour of TV.

Sorry I watched that.

muffler · 18-06-2018 10:35pm

massey265 wrote: »

By the looks off it on prime time, there are plenty ferrys about.

aint that the truth :eek:

CiarraiAbu2 · 18-06-2018 10:47pm

I cant understand why they cant jail them (and not for a couple of years) trace the money and confiscate it or sell all assets.

donegal_man · 18-06-2018 10:50pm

Given the lack of effective enforcement it's no wonder so many operators are ignoring the rules

NIMAN · 19-06-2018 11:23pm

And I heard today that there might be 10,000,000 tyres buried somewhere outside Carndonagh.

Shocking.

Edit: in fact it could be as high as 16 million.

http://www.highlandradio.com/2018/06/19/16-million-tyres-could-be-illegally-buried-in-north-inishowen/

Fann Linn · 19-06-2018 11:29pm

donegal_man wrote: »

Given the lack of effective enforcement it's no wonder so many operators are ignoring the rules

In fairness the enforcement was done. It was the penalties in the Courts which made it ludicrous. Fines and penalties of up to €13,000,000 on the Statute books and yet judges hit the accused with €2500.

I've read of cases where individuals have been fined more for dumping half a dozen bags.

CastorTroy · 20-06-2018 12:35am

NIMAN wrote: »

And I heard today that there might be 10,000,000 tyres buried somewhere outside Carndonagh.

Shocking.

Edit: in fact it could be as high as 16 million.

http://www.highlandradio.com/2018/06/19/16-million-tyres-could-be-illegally-buried-in-north-inishowen/

16 million tyres illegally buried in hills outside Carndonagh.

Yeah, I think with that many tyres, those hills ARE the tyres.

NIMAN · 20-06-2018 6:09pm

Just can't get my head around those numbers!

Even trying to move 16,000,000 tyres. There must have been a convoy of trucks on the move for years.

Pique · 20-06-2018 6:30pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Just can't get my head around those numbers!

Even trying to move 16,000,000 tyres. There must have been a convoy of trucks on the move for years.

And nobody noticed?

Kevwoody · 24-06-2018 6:58pm

NIMAN wrote:

Even trying to move 16,000,000 tyres. There must have been a convoy of trucks on the move for years.

Surely thats a typo?! That's every tyre from 4 million cars in one location!

16,000 would be more realistic.

caff · 24-06-2018 7:01pm

Kevwoody wrote: »

Surely thats a typo?! That's every tyre from 4 million cars in one location!

16,000 would be more realistic.

they were importing them via the north

NIMAN · 24-06-2018 8:34pm

Kevwoody wrote: »

Surely thats a typo?! That's every tyre from 4 million cars in one location!

16,000 would be more realistic.

I only typed what they reported on the radio....

muffler · 24-06-2018 10:26pm

Kevwoody wrote: »

Surely thats a typo?! That's every tyre from 4 million cars in one location!

16,000 would be more realistic.

NIMAN wrote: »

I only typed what they reported on the radio....

Here's the link to the claim on Higland Radio.

I would be highly skeptical of the numbers myself

NIMAN · 24-06-2018 11:09pm

I did find the numbers hard to believe when I heard the story and actually said to a few people that they couldn't be right. Simply from a logistics point of view.

I just Googled it and found this article about the worlds largest tyre dump in Kuwait, which has 7million.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2337351/Worlds-biggest-tyre-graveyard-Incredible-images-Kuwaiti-landfill-site-huge-seen-space.html

So either the crooks in Donegal have taken it to a new level, or else the figures are completely wrong.

cumulonimbus · 25-06-2018 3:12am

Perhaps they are lego tyres. :P

muffler · 25-06-2018 11:11am

Mod Note: Just for clarity there is no suggestion that Jim Ferry or his companies are in any way associated with the illegal dumping of tyres. This illegal activity is obviously being carried out by others

Pique · 25-06-2018 1:42pm

Well we wouldn't want to besmirch his reputation

28-06-2018 8:50am

Just listening to morning Ireland here. Some good news at last for Donegal regarding unusual buried items!

They wont say where but Im gonna guess this gold horde wasnt found in Ferrys place :pac:

https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0627/973693-gold-artefacts/

retalivity · 03-07-2018 4:16pm

Ffs he got off....

http://donegalnews.com/2018/07/waste-collector-jim-ferry-avoids-prison-term/

NIMAN · 03-07-2018 4:23pm

Once again goes to show the legal system is a mess.

Yet they will clamp down hard on TV licence dodgers, but hey, dump thousands of tons of waste illegally......

Pique · 03-07-2018 4:28pm

And don't forget to pay the right VAT on garlic!!

This is a thundering disgrace to let this POS walk out of court after he basically gave it 2 fingers.

DrPhilG · 03-07-2018 5:39pm

What does this fella need to do in order to get jail time?

Curl out a steamer in the middle of the courtroom?

muffler · 20-07-2018 9:12pm

According to the Irish Sun newspaper our Jim was one of the two people arrested during the week and subsequently released.

The bit of the story about the €155,000 seized by CAB from his associate is a little vague. Is this old news I wonder or is this a reference to the other person arrested with him?

muffler · 03-10-2018 12:42pm

He's been in court again and once more the judge (in his wisdom) has decided not to jail him (yet) for either contempt of court or on foot of the action brought by Donegal County Council. The mind boggles at the justice system in this country.

Pique · 03-10-2018 1:18pm

Jim Ferry in court be like...

muffler · 17-01-2019 1:36pm

The bauld Jim has agreed (by court order) to have his finances examined forensically

donegal_man · 27-03-2019 2:01am

The saga of Jim trundles on. He's gotten permission for his own forensic accountant to examine his accounts. This could run longer than The Mousetrap.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/donegal-dumper-jim-ferry-ran-two-cash-accounts-court-told-1.3839181?mode=amp

kathleen37 · 04-04-2019 10:33am

Haven't we missed April fools? Dispicable.

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Mod note: The story linked to is ......"former waste collector Jim Ferry to stand in local election"
If you can post a link to a different source would be appreciated as we dont allow any mention of or linking to that online "thing"

ednwireland · 04-04-2019 12:35pm

kathleen37 wrote: »

Haven't we missed April fools? Dispicable.

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hopefully no one votes for him but there s no such thing as bad publicity. id want to know why he thinks someone else should pay for his mess

Pique · 04-04-2019 3:16pm

So he owes the state a fortune, and now looks to be paid by the state?

Garnish his salary by ohh, I dunno, 100%?

muffler · 04-04-2019 7:01pm

He'd make a rubbish politician :pac:

muffler · 12-05-2019 12:55pm

Apologies for the limited amount of info in the following link but you have to be a paid subscriber to read the full article. According to the Irish Times he took a high court challenge against the Council's refusal to allow him to stand in the upcoming local elections and lost

I like the papers heading ... "Jim Ferry dumped out of Donegal county council elections"

Cee-Jay-Cee · 12-05-2019 1:11pm

muffler wrote: »

Apologies for the limited amount of info in the following link but you have to be a paid subscriber to read the full article. According to the Irish Times he took a high court challenge against the Council's refusal to allow him to stand in the upcoming local elections and lost

I like the papers heading ... "Jim Ferry dumped out of Donegal county council elections"

Proper order! If they’d now take the same action against a few of the other gangsters running for election...

muffler · 12-05-2019 5:49pm

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Proper order! If they’d now take the same action against a few of the other gangsters running for election...

There's only one man who could take out the bad guys

CastorTroy · 12-05-2019 10:36pm

Maybe that was Ferry's plan. Get rid of the trash and dump them in someone else's constituency.

HeidiHeidi · 20-05-2019 11:43pm

I'm up here in North Donegal, and there's posters everywhere for John Seamais O Fearraigh, Sinn Féin.

Any relation, I wonder?

cosanostra · 22-05-2019 7:17pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I'm up here in North Donegal, and there's posters everywhere for John Seamais O Fearraigh, Sinn Féin.

Any relation, I wonder?

Not that i'm aware of but they're certainly not political bedfellows anyway which id imagine is more important, Sinn Fein has 4 Doherty's running in Donegal and a Doherty that's a TD and guess what none of them are related, Id be more concerned that there's posters for John Seamais in north Donegal when hes running in Glenties EA

retalivity · 23-05-2019 9:02am

cosanostra wrote: »

Not that i'm aware of but they're certainly not political bedfellows anyway which id imagine is more important, Sinn Fein has 4 Doherty's running in Donegal and a Doherty that's a TD and guess what none of them are related, Id be more concerned that there's posters for John Seamais in north Donegal when hes running in Glenties EA

Glenties EA stretches as far round the coast as creeslough!

http://www.donegalcoco.ie/services/registerofelectors/maps-electoraldivisions/

JSOF is from gweedore i think, an as far as i know, is of no close relation to the bauld bin lad

Redsoxfan · 27-06-2019 9:32am

Jailed for 9 weeks according to the Irish Times

muffler · 27-06-2019 12:07pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Jailed for 9 weeks according to the Irish Times

and he had the audacity to ask for money that was previously seized to be returned to him so that he could employ a forensic accountant :eek:

Link to story here

Pique · 27-06-2019 1:09pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Jailed for 9 weeks according to the Irish Times

Only for contempt.

Was he ever criminally charged with the illegal dumping? I can't remember but he should be doing time for that IMO.

muffler · 06-09-2019 12:14pm

I see that WERS Waste, the company who took over ferry's 2 companies, has now in turn been taken over.

ednwireland · 06-09-2019 3:43pm

muffler wrote: »

I see that WERS Waste, the company who took over ferry's 2 companies, has now in turn been taken over.

oh great just got wers trained to lift our bins hope thy keep the same drivers / payments etc

muffler · 06-09-2019 8:58pm

ednwireland wrote: »

oh great just got wers trained to lift our bins hope thy keep the same drivers / payments etc

Probably not guaranteed but in most situations like that the current employees would be retained.

airdog · 10-09-2019 6:50pm

heard the crowd that bought wers has been bought by donegal waste

CastorTroy · 10-09-2019 9:58pm

Next thing you know, it'll turn out to be a shell company owned by Ferry.

Kevwoody · 11-09-2019 1:45pm

airdog wrote:

heard the crowd that bought wers has been bought by donegal waste

Highly unlikely that a small private operator from Donegal bought out the largest waste company in Ireland.

muffler · 11-09-2019 5:03pm

airdog wrote: »

heard the crowd that bought wers has been bought by donegal waste

As posted previously they have been bought out by Ireland's LARGEST refuse firm

Ferry's Refuse

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