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Ferry's Refuse

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    #92
    muffler
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    and the saga continues


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    #93
    NIMAN
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    muffler wrote: »
    and the saga continues

    Deserves jail time.


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    #94
    josey_whale
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    Sad that it has taken this long to get to this stage. Hopefully, he will get time in the slammer. Fair fux to Donegal CC for pursuing him so relentlessly.


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    #95
    Pique
    Registered Users Posts: 3,044 ✭✭✭Pique


    Can we change the title of this thread from "Ferry's Refuse" to "Ferry Refuses"?


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    #96
    donegal_man
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    Last August, Mr Justice Max Barrett ordered he be jailed for contempt over his failure to obey orders directing a clean up. While the paperwork was being prepared for gardaí to execute the order, Mr Ferry left the courtroom and remained a fugitive until last month.

    After all that he has the gall to ask for yet more time to "put everything before the court" and gets it. He truly is making a mockery of the system.


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    #97
    josey_whale
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    Id say he'll get some good coverage tomorrow evening on RTE - RTE Investigates


    Broadcast tomorrow evening (June 18th). RTE 1, 9.35pm.


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    #98
    Pique
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    Not the only Donegal entrant either.
    https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2018/0618/971263-donegal-waste-dumping/


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    #99
    muffler
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    Pique wrote: »
    Not the only Donegal entrant either.
    https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2018/0618/971263-donegal-waste-dumping/
    I heard the reporter on radio earlier talking about this.

    Sadly we are in the national news again for all the wrong reasons


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    #100
    HeidiHeidi
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    muffler wrote: »
    I heard the reporter on radio earlier talking about this.

    Sadly we are in the national news again for all the wrong reasons
    Heard that too. Made Donegal (one of my favourite places in the world) sound like a total banana republic :mad:


    Not sure I actually want to watch the programme later.


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    #101
    muffler
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Made Donegal (one of my favourite places in the world) sound like a total banana republic :mad:
    In fairness this type of activity is probably occurring in many counties around the country as a whole but not on the same scale perhaps. While I would like to think that the sites in Rossbracken and now Moville are isolated cases there is however a decent chance that other such illegal sites could be uncovered in the future.

    Donegal is a very large county and obviously has huge areas of uninhabited pockets of land where all types of activity can go unnoticed. In smaller and more densely populated counties illegal dumping is easier to detect but at the end of the day we have a fine county here and its a pity that a few clowns would give it a bad name.


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    #102
    NIMAN
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    Let's hope the judge puts this guy where he belongs the next time h appears in court.


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    #103
    massey265
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    By the looks off it on prime time, there are plenty ferrys about.


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    #104
    NIMAN
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    Jesus, that was a dull hour of TV.

    Sorry I watched that.


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    #105
    muffler
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    massey265 wrote: »
    By the looks off it on prime time, there are plenty ferrys about.
    aint that the truth :eek:


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    #106
    CiarraiAbu2
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    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.


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    #107
    donegal_man
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    Given the lack of effective enforcement it's no wonder so many operators are ignoring the rules


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    #108
    NIMAN
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    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/


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    #109
    Fann Linn
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    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.


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    #110
    CastorTroy
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    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.


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    #111
    NIMAN
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    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.


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    #112
    Pique
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    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?


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    #113
    Kevwoody
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    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.


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    #114
    caff
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    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


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    #115
    NIMAN
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    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....


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    #116
    muffler
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    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


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    #117
    NIMAN
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    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.


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    #118
    cumulonimbus
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    Perhaps they are lego tyres. :P


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    #119
    muffler
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    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


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    #120
    Pique
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    Well we wouldn't want to besmirch his reputation :D


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    #121
    Topgear on Dave
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    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/


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