Riot on O'Connell Bridge?

colm_c · 07-08-2007 10:53pm #1

Just drove past O'Connell bridge and there was around 30-40 gardai in full riot gear keeping two sets of people apart, along with paddy wagons, and lots of gardai vehicles.

Anyone know what this was about?

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV · 07-08-2007 10:57pm

yore ma? but check like www.ireland.com or www.breakingnews.ie , it may say...

whiskeyman · 07-08-2007 11:00pm

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0807/bohemians1.html

I'd guess this.

Nice to see we're conforming to our English counterparts once again...

colm_c · 07-08-2007 11:03pm

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV wrote:

yore ma? but check like www.ireland.com or www.breakingnews.ie , it may say...

Checked already, no mention in either.

colm_c · 07-08-2007 11:04pm

whiskeyman wrote:

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0807/bohemians1.html

I'd guess this.

Nice to see we're conforming to our English counterparts once again...

That would explain all the celtic jerseys on one side... f**king muppets...

spurious · 07-08-2007 11:04pm

Just passed it on the bus myself - lots of Black Marias and guards in riot gear. Didn't see any actual bother though.

mikemac · 07-08-2007 11:05pm

I seem to remember something similar happening around this time last year on Gardiner St with these "fans"

For shame:(

MooseJam · 07-08-2007 11:08pm

give the fans a break, aparantly nothing happened

whiskeyman · 07-08-2007 11:10pm

micmclo wrote:

I seem to remember something similar happening around this time last year on Gardiner St with these "fans"

For shame:(

yup - think this is some of the footage outside the Hill 16 pub.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzys_0gunL4

nesf · 07-08-2007 11:13pm

Moved from AH.

passive · 07-08-2007 11:20pm

Heh... I was wondering. Walked home via dorset street and was passed by approximately a million gardai, riot vans, horsies etc, intermingled with large groups of respectable looking young fellows in tracksuits who seemed happy with their police escort, presumably because of their good, honest, law abiding intentions...

Hard Larry · 07-08-2007 11:40pm

colm_c wrote:

That would explain all the celtic jerseys on one side... f**king muppets...

That'd be Shamrock Rovers Jerseys

Dave! · 08-08-2007 12:25am

colm_c wrote:

That would explain all the celtic jerseys on one side... f**king muppets...

lol

whiskeyman wrote:

yup - think this is some of the footage outside the Hill 16 pub.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzys_0gunL4

jayzis, i'd say those 2 Gardai weren't too thrilled about being the only ones there!

stovelid · 08-08-2007 2:03pm

Rovers and Bohs

edit: just seen Larry's post

CiaranC · 08-08-2007 2:08pm

passive wrote:

Heh... I was wondering. Walked home via dorset street and was passed by approximately a million gardai, riot vans, horsies etc, intermingled with large groups of respectable looking young fellows in tracksuits who seemed happy with their police escort, presumably because of their good, honest, law abiding intentions...

They were just people walking home from a hostile area after a football game. The escort was to prevent them being attacked.

I love the attitude on this forum, anyone who is working class and attends football matches is obviously a criminal.

passive · 08-08-2007 2:36pm

Eh... they were, umm, walking in the direction of O'Connell street... where, presumably a short while later,

colm_c Just drove past O'Connell bridge and there was around 30-40 gardai in full riot gear keeping two sets of people apart, along with paddy wagons, and lots of gardai vehicles.

Anyone know what this was about?

Anyway I made no remark on their class or origins, merely their style of dress and sketchy manner :P (edit; and I did so in an ironic fashion too, so really didn't say anything about them being criminals, just that there were large groups of them and they didn't seem best pleased with being surrounded by guards.)

arybvtcw0eolkf · 08-08-2007 2:52pm

CiaranC wrote:

I love the attitude on this forum, anyone who is working class and attends football matches is obviously a criminal.

Damn right too.

lightening · 08-08-2007 3:08pm

passive wrote:

Anyway I made no remark on their class or origins, merely their style of dress and sketchy manner :P (edit; and I did so in an ironic fashion too, so really didn't say anything about them being criminals, just that there were large groups of them and they didn't seem best pleased with being surrounded by guards.)

Fair enough... however you do realise its perfectly ok for Rural people to knock the crap out of each other in front of kids at a hurling match? And is it true that at some GAA matches the ref needs a Garda escort??? I heard this and couldn't believe it, does it happen in Rugby and Soccer?

nesf · 08-08-2007 3:12pm

lightening wrote:

Fair enough... however you do realise its perfectly ok for Rural people to knock the crap out of each other in front of kids at a hurling match? And is it true that at some GAA matches the ref needs a Garda escort???

That's rare, to be fair. You get a few drunk idiots sometimes but a large scale pitched battle is very rare.

lightening wrote:

I heard this and couldn't believe it, does it happen in Rugby and Soccer?

I've heard/seen it with soccer, I haven't with rugby, but it could happen. Considering the there's a fair cross-section between rugby, soccer and GAA fans down the country. It's only a class thing in Dublin, etc.

Plissken1 · 08-08-2007 3:17pm

lightening wrote:

Fair enough... however you do realise its perfectly ok for Rural people to knock the crap out of each other in front of kids at a hurling match? And is it true that at some GAA matches the ref needs a Garda escort??? I heard this and couldn't believe it, does it happen in Rugby and Soccer?

A yeah sure it happens every week down the country, large gangs of wannabe English Hooligans attack each others pubs, and completely trash the place after a hurling match. :rolleyes:

Sure we are just a suburb of the UK at the end of the day, so its no wonder we dress and act like them.

I feel a chant coming on "UNITED" "UNITED" .... oooh its nearly that time of year again, the entire pub wearing English Premier League jersey's and tracky bottoms CLASSY !:D

RuggieBear · 08-08-2007 3:18pm

nesf wrote:

It's only a class thing in Dublin, etc.

but not in Cork? I'm sure the Temple Hill crowd are only delighted to know...:p

nesf · 08-08-2007 3:25pm

RuggieBear wrote:

but not in Cork? I'm sure the Temple Hill crowd are only delighted to know...:p

In the rural areas it isn't. I'm not a city boy

_blank_ · 08-08-2007 3:29pm

Not one of the people in that YouTube clip is wearing a jersey of any description.

Of course any trouble caused is by fans of the eircom League.

Some of the ignorant, ill informed claptrap on this thread boggles the mind.

I regularly attend eircom League games, and have never been involved with violent scenes of any nature, thanks very much.

Oh, and yes, I own a jersey too.

Surprisingly, I don't sing with an English accent though.

What do Celtic Jersies have to do with Bohs and Rovers? Or was that just someone who doesn't really knowing what they are talking about making some kind of generalisation?

:rolleyes:

lightening · 08-08-2007 3:37pm

Plissken1 wrote:

A yeah sure it happens every week down the country, large gangs of wannabe English Hooligans attack each others pubs, and completely trash the place after a hurling match. :rolleyes:

That doesn't happen in Dublin every week.

Plissken1 wrote:

Sure we are just a suburb of the UK at the end of the day, so its no wonder we dress and act like them.

I feel a chant coming on "UNITED" "UNITED" .... oooh its nearly that time of year again, the entire pub wearing English Premier League jersey's and tracky bottoms CLASSY !:D

This happens all over the country, not just in Dublin and you know it.

RuggieBear · 08-08-2007 3:39pm

I've seen LOI fans cause trouble (Shamrock rovers).

I've also seen GAA fans from Dublin, Kildare, Clare and Galway cause trouble too

lightening · 08-08-2007 3:41pm

nesf wrote:

I've heard/seen it with soccer, I haven't with rugby, but it could happen. Considering the there's a fair cross-section between rugby, soccer and GAA fans down the country. It's only a class thing in Dublin, etc.

Amazing.. the ref's must get paid a lot. I heard the Cork fans shout "I would rather be a Paki than a Dub" Nice. I would love to know what their beef is with the Pakistani people.

nesf · 08-08-2007 3:47pm

lightening wrote:

Amazing.. the ref's must get paid a lot. I heard the Cork fans shout "I would rather be a Paki than a Dub" Nice. I would love to know what their beef is with the Pakistani people.

Eh, your point?

lightening · 08-08-2007 3:54pm

nesf wrote:

Eh, your point?

Pretty obvious nesf, In the first point I ponder on the ref's pay, they must get paid a lot to necessitate a garda escort. The second point is fairly simple too. I am questioning a chant involving the word "Paki" and its comparison to being a dub. I am wondering what the big hatred of being a Pakistani person is.

Please read my posts carefully, I don't want to have to explain everything to you.

Ruggiebear, I see trouble coming from all the Jerseys, not all the time, but from a minimum of people. It's just that they make the most noise!:mad:

nesf · 08-08-2007 4:04pm

lightening wrote:

Pretty obvious nesf, In the first point I ponder on the ref's pay, they must get paid a lot to necessitate a garda escort. The second point is fairly simple too. I am questioning a chant involving the word "Paki" and its comparison to being a dub. I am wondering what the big hatred of being a Pakistani person is.

Please read my posts carefully, I don't want to have to explain everything to you.

Yes, but what has that got to do with rural guys beating the **** out of each other constantly at GAA games down the country?

Mudslinging between counties is easy we've all been at matches where some muppet from the other (or our) side has said or done something extremely stupid or insulting. It doesn't support your original point though.

lightening · 08-08-2007 4:16pm

nesf wrote:

Yes, but what has that got to do with rural guys beating the **** out of each other constantly at GAA games down the country?

Mudslinging between counties is easy we've all been at matches where some muppet from the other (or our) side has said or done something extremely stupid or insulting. It doesn't support your original point though.

My point is that GAA fans seem to be no better than soccer fans. I lived in Drumcondra and sport violence is as prevelant in GAA (all counties) as it is with Dublin tracksuit wearing soccer fans.

nesf · 08-08-2007 4:28pm

lightening wrote:

My point is that GAA fans seem to be no better than soccer fans. I lived in Drumcondra and sport violence is as prevelant in GAA (all counties) as it is with Dublin tracksuit wearing soccer players.

Ah. I'd agree. It's a minority group in both. It's not very widespread in either, it's just more likely that a group of lads kicking the **** out of each other on O'Connell bridge will be on the news than a group of lads doing it in Ballywhateveryoucallit. Compared to some of European cousins we've very little sports violence tbh.

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