Joexit-is Joe back for 2020?

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Tanks Jaou.

Dew yew tink dey wud bee tikk enuff to give Ballsy de sayam deyal as Marzie.

Well there’s no accountability or financial responsibility in RTÉ so who knows? Or as they say in RTÉ “who cares? It’s only the taxpayers money”.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Anyone buying property in Ireland right now as in investment is a complete fool. The trawlers have started following the seagulls about 6 months ago.

Very Eric Cantona-esque of you caller so to speak.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I had an encounter with an ethnic man. Bd his missus driving a food delivery van for a more upmarket Thai food outlet. I was trying to get out of where the vet’s car parking is, in a location where there are several charity shops, a petrol station and a tire company an dat, which can be tricky at best, but this can driver dr used to be stubborn and block anyone getting in and out of the place and holding up the busy main road. I thought it was very idd behaviour s a driver belonging to an upscale company, but when he stepped out and banged his fists on my window I saw a very battle-scarred face and he couldn’t hardly string two words together. I opened my car door and his hands came in on top of my steering wheel where he tried to pull it at it. Told him to Fcooooook off and get his manky hands out of my car. I sent the company an email with photos of the van, showing the number plate, and told them that I wouldn’t be ordering a food delivery any time soon.

How they employ this unkempt guy to deliver posh food I don’t understand. Do they want return business or what. Maybe the van has tarmac & gutter-inspection madders rather than food in the back of it. A strange set-up.

So you’re a racist now Cat?

Field east wrote: »

Was he Irish or Lixnawian.? It’s the kind of way either of them behave

Lixnaw? There's a placename I haven't heard in a while. I could tell you a story or two about a certain "lady" from the Greater Lixnaw area so to speak.

Supreme Court deals blow to Graham Dwyer’s murder appeal – but EU Court will have ultimate say
Graham Dwyer is seeking to appeal his 2015 conviction for the murder of Elaine O'Hara
Shane Phelan

February 24 2020 10:54 AM

A European court will ultimately decide key issues which will have a bearing on notorious killer Graham Dwyer’s appeal against his conviction for murder.

A seven-judge Supreme Court today made a ruling which in one part helped Dwyer’s appeal, but in another undermined it significantly.

However, delivering a majority ruling in Waterford, Chief Justice Frank Clarke said the court’s ruling would be referred to the Court of Justice for the EU (CJEU).

The Supreme Court found that many criminal investigations would be impossible without access to data of the type used in the investigation into the murder of childcare worker Elaine O’Hara, which led to Dwyer’s conviction in 2015.

But the court upheld a High Court ruling that the data retention regime did not meet European standards as it did not have independent oversight.

However, the court also signalled its view that the High Court finding was not retrospective.

In other words, even though the law was struck down, it is of the view the finding cannot be used to invalidate Dwyer’s conviction.

The court decided by a majority of six to one to refer its findings to the CJEU.

As a result, the case will not be fully decided by the Supreme Court until the CJEU rules on the referral.

If the CJEU agrees, the finding will have significant implications for Dwyer’s bid to overturn his conviction and will also have consequences for the investigation of serious crimes.

In addition to the Chief Justice, the seven-judge panel was also made up of Supreme Court judges Donal O’Donnell, William McKechnie, John MacMenamin, Peter Charleton, Iseult O’Malley and Mary Irvine.


Mr Justice Charleton was the only judge who felt the decision should not be referred to the CJEU.

Dwyer (47) was jailed for life in 2015 for the murder of childcare worker Elaine O’Hara (36), who was last known to be alive on August 22, 2012.

Her remains were discovered at Killakee in the Dublin Mountains 13 months after her disappearance. Dental records had to be used to identify her.

The Central Criminal Court heard they had met online on a website for people with alternative sexual tastes and that Dwyer later stabbed her to death for his own sexual gratification.

He has always denied killing her, and later challenged provisions in the 2011 Communications Act, which allowed gardaí obtain and use certain data, including phone records, as evidence against him.

This data proved to be crucial in piecing together the link between Dwyer and his victim. In particular it indicated phones they used were in the same area, Shankill, Co Dublin, on the night she disappeared.

But in December 2018, the High Court ruled that legislation used by gardaí to access Dwyer’s communications data contravened EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights.

The main issue highlighted by the court was provisions in the 2011 Act that allowed gardaí of chief superintendent rank and above to request user data from providers.

Mr Justice Tony O’Connor found the contravened both EU law and the convention.

He also found the data retention regime was general and indiscriminate, with no prior review by a court or an independent body and no adequate legislative guarantees against abuse of such data.

Dwyer planned to use the High Court ruling to bolster his separate Court of Appeal challenge to his conviction.



No mention of Chief Justice Duffy or De Court of Da Lahv Lahn, someone will not be amused at this omission so to speak. Will we get a lahv Trial by Lahv Lahn so to speak, or will he have enough cop on to stay away as technically it's an ongoing case so to speak?

Text G for Graham Dwyer is Innocent
Text G for He's Guilty

Deleted User wrote: »

I got an apology from de food firim, so to speak, appears de van was not on authorised business so to speak. I was absolutely stunned yesterday by the state of the man stepping out of the company van, which prides itself on being a cut above the average in terms of quality and service. Instead of just moving “his” van forward a little bit, with his wife making rude gestures at me, he then tried to physically take over my car. Everybody disappeared out of the way when they saw the cut of him. Not from Lithuania nor Lisnax, but possibly a town in Limerick for all I know.

Wat olour was dis van caller so we may all watch out for it?

Field east wrote: »

Dis is a family thread so please refrain- if it’s the one dat involves a will

I was hardly going to discuss said topic on here (the lady, not de will) caller. It’s for PMs to me buddies only.....:pac: