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1,000 marchers march against Gardai in Castlerea, Roscommon

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    #32
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    its just you're typical "clanish siege" rural irish mentality


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    #33
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,329 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    I'll bet they all marched after reading about the "news" on Facebook.


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    #34
    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Mrsmum wrote: »

    Far more likely that the locals know everything, from every angle including the people involved. That's what being local in a country area is all about........

    Except when the local priest was at the alter boys.
    Then they don't


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    #35
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    seamus wrote: »
    Easy to whip small towns into a "show of solidarity" without the full facts.

    Remember when some of the population of a town shook the hand of a convicted rapist on their way out of a courtroom?

    Also "Garda brutality" is a lovely way to whip up some anger.

    It sounds like a case of mistaken identity that resulted im a Garda using force against the wrong people.

    "Brutality" makes it sound like they're constantly dragging people off the streets to beat seven shades out of them. The word is used by people with a clear agenda.



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    #36
    Mrsmum
    Registered Users Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Mrsmum


    gctest50 wrote: »
    Except when the local priest was at the alter boys.
    Then they don't

    You must be really stuck for an opinion on the topic under debate.


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    #37
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    I do love when the predictable "unemployed waster" attempt to discredit any objections to how things are run in this country falls flat on its arse like this :p

    Like most here I think, I don't know the full background to the case in question but I've seen the video and read/heard the coverage (side note : Newstalk really need to do something about their new entirely one-sided on everything breakfast team) and seeing the 2 Gardai stand watching while 2 men are physically dragged out the gate is disgraceful from our supposed law enforcement agency.

    AGS is broken beyond redemption anyway IMO and this is yet another example. As I've said before, only a complete RUC/PSNI-style restructuring is going to restore general confidence in the organisation at this point.

    You're confused about what this thread is about.


    Anyway, if people won't leave the banks house, all that's left is to drag them out.

    As for not knowing the back story, sure when is that required before having a rant?


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    #38
    Danzy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,239 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Lots of good guards but there are an awful lot that are crooked.

    Add in the many who have just become disillusioned and don't care.

    We have had enough in the last few years to warrant a complete restructuring of the force.


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    #39
    Danzy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,239 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    randd1 wrote: »
    The obvious solution here for the people of Castlerea would be for the Gardaí to remove any presence of themselves from the town and remain vacant from the District until such a time as the people of Castlerea have come up with an alternative policing authority (locally sourced and funded by local taxes from within the Castlerea District area) that applies the letter of the law.

    Or move towards having a functional force, a bit radical I know.


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    #40
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Mrsmum wrote:
    You must be really stuck for an opinion on the topic under debate.


    I'm feeling embrassed for him now after his stupid attempt to protray them as wasters for marching on a Sunday.


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    #41
    Danzy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,239 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    gctest50 wrote: »
    Except when the local priest was at the alter boys.
    Then they don't

    Was there Justice Minister or Garda Commissioner in the last 90 years who wasn't aware of the industrial scale of abuse, the very most let it happen.


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    #42
    flas
    Registered Users Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭flas


    People are mixing this case up with what happened with the eviction in strokesTown, not too far away. These are two separate cases


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    #43
    facehugger99
    Registered Users Posts: 7,215 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    Roscommon is a power keg, primed to explode.


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    #44
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,408 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    facehugger99 wrote: »
    Roscommon is a power keg, primed to explode.


    On a Sunday.


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    #45
    klaaaz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭klaaaz


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    What is a dissident member of the public?
    emo72 wrote: »
    Who decided to use the term "dissident". That's bizarre. Was everyone polled for their political views?

    A dissident is a member of the public protesting against state authority and in this case the Gardai.


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    #46
    PabloAndRoy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭PabloAndRoy


    There is probably no smoke without fire.

    If 500+ people are publicly protesting against the local Gardai, then something is almost certainly rotten in Denmark.

    As I understand it, a shop burglary was reported, two men walking home nearby were stopped by the Guards. Skirmish ensues. Locals shout about police heavy handedness. This is what we know, yes?

    While it it seems not good, I am surprised that an isolated incident such as this on its own would bring out 500 people protesting the local Gardai. This kind of thing happens in Ireland every now and again and the town do not uprise. I wonder if there have been other previous incidents in the town or whether a member of the local Gardai is a bit of a cnut with a temper.

    Would like to hear from a local maybe?


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    #47
    PabloAndRoy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭PabloAndRoy


    klaaaz wrote: »
    A dissident is a member of the public protesting against state authority and in this case the Gardai.

    I don't think that is what dissident means. It is not protesting authority, more protesting policy. So in this case the use of the word is incorrect.


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    #48
    Ray Bloody Purchase
    Closed Accounts Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Ray Bloody Purchase


    klaaaz wrote: »
    A dissident is a member of the public protesting against state authority and in this case the Gardai.

    Excellent. What is a 'dissedent' though? I saw a lot of people changed their middle name to this on Facebook during the whole water charges fiasco.

    Dreadful affair.


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    #49
    Pintman Paddy Losty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭Pintman Paddy Losty


    Was that pot smoker ming there with his greasy hair and smelly wooly jumper? Shrieking away in to a megaphone.


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    #50
    Ray Bloody Purchase
    Closed Accounts Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Ray Bloody Purchase


    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    Was that pot smoker ming there with his greasy hair and smelly wooly jumper? Shrieking away in to a megaphone.

    Rousing the rabble so that he can continue collecting the big pay cheque over in Europe.

    Standing up for the little man. :rolleyes::rolleyes:


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    #51
    PabloAndRoy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭PabloAndRoy


    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    Was that pot smoker ming there with his greasy hair and smelly wooly jumper? Shrieking away in to a megaphone.

    Ah yes.. feckin' hippies. Lets point the finger at pot smoking Ming. Maybe he beat up the Garda.


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    #52
    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    TCM wrote: »
    Ohh, that's a realy witty retort.
    By the way, the march was on a Sunday.

    They just went for a stroll after mass
    0% effort job

    Same as this lad :



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    #53
    King of Kings
    Registered Users Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭King of Kings


    gctest50 wrote: »
    Except when the local priest was at the alter boys.
    Then they don't

    Well look at you!!

    Undeterred that your first dig at the protesters left you looking stupid...here you back at a 2nd attempt.
    God loves a trier.


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    #54
    nice_guy80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,723 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    Assetbacked wrote: »
    The town hasn't been this united since the campaign against gay marriage.

    wow.
    I thought the country had moved on from that one


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    #55
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Ray Bloody Purchase wrote:
    Rousing the rabble so that he can continue collecting the big pay cheque over in Europe.


    Nothing like a bit of whataboutery.


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    #56
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    gctest50 wrote:
    They just went for a stroll after mass 0% effort job
    Scarlett for ya.


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    #57
    green123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭green123


    So many posts but still nobody has explained the real reasons behind this.

    Cant just be that one single minor incident described above.

    Can someone please explain more ?


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    #58
    Ronan|Raven
    Registered Users Posts: 8,140 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


    green123 wrote: »
    So many posts but still nobody has explained the real reasons behind this.

    Cant just be that one single minor incident described above.

    Can someone please explain more ?

    It is and one of the lads is very badly injured.


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    #59
    Ray Bloody Purchase
    Closed Accounts Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Ray Bloody Purchase


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Nothing like a bit of whataboutery.

    Scarlett for his supporters. :D

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/two-irish-meps-have-worst-voting-record-in-parliament-1.2037668


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    #60
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    gctest50 wrote: »
    Except when the local priest was at the alter boys.
    Then they don't

    Don’t look at this ->

    <- look at that. That thing that happened years ago.

    Anyway i dont know much about this place but am
    inclined to believe something is up.

    The use of the term dissidents is interesting.


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    #61
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    gctest50 wrote: »
    They just went for a stroll after mass
    0% effort job

    Same as this lad :



    DSNr0l9.jpg

    Wtf are you even talking about right now?


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