Another incredibly accident prone minority chap

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

When I saw the thread title, I was wondering which minority group we were having a go at today. Travellers again.

The Greeks get an easy ride on here. Feckin' Greeks.

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

When I saw the thread title, I was wondering which minority group we were having a go at today. Travellers again.

The Greeks get an easy ride on here. Feckin' Greeks.

Deleted User wrote: »

Another event that proves getting a dash cam is a good idea.

A COUNTY Limerick man who headbutted a car salesman after his wife bought a ‘defective‘ car from him will have to carry out community service in order to avoid a prison sentence. Gerry McDonagh, aged 49, of Fanningstown, Fedamore pleaded guilty to assaulting the salesman on October 23, last. Judge Eugene O’Kelly was told the incident happened at a dealership in the city and that the salesman’s skin was broken as a result of the assault. While he was bleeding, there was no evidence that the salesman required medical treatment in hospital following the incident. Solicitor Ted McCarthy said his client’s wife had bought a car from the dealership a few days earlier after she received an inheritance. “The vehicle proved to be defective and he returned to the garage and sought a refund, which was not forthcoming,” he said. Mr McCarthy said an argument ensued during which there was “tooing and froing”. He said McDonagh headbutted the salesman after he “took exception to what he believed was an insult” and that he “deeply regrets” his actions. After Mr McCarthy sought to submit documentation supporting his client’s contention the car was defective, Judge O’Kelly commented that if that was the case, there were “extensive avenues” open to McDonagh and that “headbutting the garage owner was not one of them”. He added that McDonagh could also have availed of consumer protection legislation. The judge said the defendant is a man who lost his temper and “clearly cannot control his actions”. After being informed that McDonagh is attending counselling and is actively seeking work, Judge O’Kelly said he would consider a community service order. He said his 200 hours is the appropriate tariff and he adjourned the case to September for a Community Service report.

A LIMERICK man has ended his hunger strike in protest at an insurance company’s refusal to pay out on a policy for his car, which was stolen and burned out while he was in prison. Gerry McDonagh, of Fedamore, also placed a picket outside the offices of AXA Insurance on O’Connell Street in the city as part of a row over a €24,000 policy for his Toyota Auris. Mr McDonagh last week told the Limerick Leader that he would go on hunger strike “until I drop” unless the company pay out on the policy. He began his hunger strike last Saturday, only drinking “tea and water” until Monday, when he said that he stopped due to medical advice. He told the Limerick Leader that he had decided to end his picket outside AXA after consultations with his solicitor. It is understood that the dispute centres on whether or not the car was reported as stolen after it was destroyed near the then-McDonagh home in Abbeyfeale. Mr McDonagh’s son Raymond, who is serving five years in jail, told the Limerick Leader from prison this week that he stole his father’s car in July 2009, but he was not the one who burned it out. “When we was fighting with our neighbours... four or five lads were coming down to my mother’s house with hammers and slash hooks. I was in the kitchen and I says, ‘what the f*** is going on?’ “I took the car and drove it out to try and get them away from the house. My mother and my sister were inside [the house]. I knocked one of the fellas over, but I crashed the car because they threw a brick through the window.” He said that it was this group of men, who “were with the fellas we was fighting with”, who burned out the car, which he abandoned on the roadside. Gerry McDonagh said that he received “great support” from motorists and passers-by during his two-day picket. “People were offering to buy me coffee. I was after coming out of the radio station [Live 95FM] and one woman pulled up in a black BMW and asked me if I wanted money. I said ‘yeah, €24,000’”. A spokesperson for AXA Insurance declined to comment.