mayhem in johns street

AdMMM

Looking around, it doesn't look like anyone was shot. No area is closed now and town looks busy. Big garda presence but that's it, no forensics or anything like that.

daftdave

ill listen to newstalk and report after 12 if there is anything about it on there

CantGetNoSleep

Do WLR have a news at 12?

Sully

Odd. I guess people didnt read the charter.

Must have been the travellers - sure who else would bash into Garda cars, shot people and cause mayhem? Aye, only travellers do that sorta thing sure aint the rest of us citizens of da law boy? Aye.

CantGetNoSleep banned for one week for acting the maggot.

mike65

The towen is going to hell and WLR have a Late Night Larry wittering on.

Mike.

Aquos76

nothing on either newstalk or radio1 unless it was the first news item on radio1, I missed that one.

Sully

Mike65; Careful now Its a City!

Ya Waterford is gone to crap. Its heading exactly like Limerick and it just seems lawless. Its scary to live here, nevermind ask people to visit.

mike65

I was mimmiking my niece, she is going to have a real Watterfud accent.

Mike.

Sully

Having seen the two cars in question and the aftermath, it looked like an unsual car crash. The Opel was in ****e. It got a fair slap. The other car (an 08, looked new) had some minor damage to the side. We couldnt make out what happend since both cars had the sides damaged, and Guards were just blocking entry.

The large presense is standard around this time, bar the checkpoints in the invidual estates and extra squad cars driving around.

daftdave

Sully wrote: »

Mike65; Careful now Its a City!

Ya Waterford is gone to crap. Its heading exactly like Limerick and it just seems lawless. Its scary to live here, nevermind ask people to visit.

only sections of limerick are gone to crap, you cant paint the whole place with the same brush man !! come on you should know the drill by now ....lol

AdMMM

Paddy wagon was shot at. Fun times. This is going to be a busy night for taxi drivers anyway!

mike65

I guess the Chamber of Commerce could think about promoting Waterford as place for thriller seekers and terror-tours a la Belfast, Beirut etc.

Mike.

Sully

Merged the two topics on the one issue together..

Topic Merged.

AdMMM

I'll be interested to hear the truth of what happened when it finally emerges! There's so much hearsay that it's almost impossible to make heads or tails of it!

The forum is starting to fill up anyway, so the trouble doesn't seem to be affecting things too much. Town also looked to be busy.

I'm just going to go enjoy my night anyway

Tanabe

mike65 wrote: »

.....WLR have a Late Night Larry wittering on.

Mike.

Nothing new there then:rolleyes:

I happened to pass by Cork Road area having witnessed the earlier incident in John Street and Gardai had two cars pulled in @ entrance of Social Welfare offices. They were checking ID of the young lads who were present in both vehicles. Somebody mentioned earlier that there was a guard knocked down here?

A lot of incidents occurring in Waterford City tonight by the looks of things, you really would have had to have seen what happened @ Johns Street to believe it. Miracle nobody was killed.

AdMMM

So much hearsay it's hard to make heads or tails of it. Will be interesting to hear the truth when it finally emerges!

I'm just going to try enjoy my night. The forum seems busy enough so far.

Tanabe

Sully wrote: »

Merged the two topics on the one issue together..

Topic Merged.

Cheers Sully.

Adyx

Just home from work now, f**kin hell! I had just opened the pub and 5 mins later this all happened. It was scary to watch. They were just repeatedly reversing and ramming the other car. One guy got out of the rammed car and ran into Centra (apparently claiming someone was trying to shoot him) and eventually two more men got out and ran up towards Kazbar. The other car tried to follow them but the traffic stopped them so they got out and chased them on foot. I didn't hear any shoots because I had to go back inside but a taxi driver told me shots were fired outside Kazbar.

Worst thing is, a stag party of about ten fellas came in and they had seen all this. They were asking if it was a regular occurrence etc. What are these lads gonna say to their friends now when they go home?

AdMMM

Ah, the old elusive 6-F shift! Oh how I hate it!

I didn't learn anything new tonight, but I talked to the taxi driver on the way home and he said that things were quiether than usual around town, but at the same time lots of people were getting taxis!

I reckon if things like this keep happening, Bob Tweedy himself will go to the halting sites and put and end to it all because he undoubtedly lost business tonight!

What I know from the night:

- Two cars spotted chasing each other through the Farran Park area towards town and speeding through red lights.

- Two cars crashing into one another outside the Kentucky in John's St.

- Occupants of the car fleeing to various establishments nearby

- Shot's fired outside the Kazbar

- Garda Van full of bullet holes outside of Kazbar

- Taxis outside the Rapid Cabs office targeted for refusing the take travellers as passengers.

- Several members (around 6) of the travelling community walk towards a central hotel where they're refused entry and walk back towards town. Gardai arrive shortly after and set off in persuit of them.

I have heard of further burnt out cars and other events but haven't spoken to anyone else about them so I don't want to say something happened when it didn't.

That's all that I know happened. I

magick

wow if the Guards think the pressure was bad from those shots fired, well its really going to be on now from this. The public will be demanding action and fast.

AdMMM

Someone who I am I close with has been acting as an intermediary between the families involved in the feud and has said that after tonight, no amount of diplomacy can resolve this now and that it's purely a law and order issue.

magick

does anyone know what the fued was about in the first place?

spothediference

ye was in d kazbar 2nite,2 fellas came in saying hide us hide us their goin to shoot us,bouncers said no way but the 2 lads freaked and wouldnt leave so 1 of the bar staff brought them up stairs,then the guards and special branch arrived at which point myself and my mate did a runnerdidnt hear any shots -not to say there wasnt,mad stuff.

AdMMM

It all initially erupted because of a bare knuckle boxing fight where the losing family failed for pay up. While it was initially a fracas over a few grand, it has now escalated into a situation where people have lost their lives to it and therefore money is no longer the problem, it's pride and whatever else the families consider being important.

spothediference

AdMMM wrote: »

It all initially erupted because of a bare knuckle boxing fight where the losing family failed for pay up. While it was initially a fracas over a few grand, it has now escalated into a situation where people have lost their lives to it and therefore money is no longer the problem, it's pride and whatever else the families consider being important.

but what happens when an innocent member of the public is seriously hurt or even killed as could have been the case 2nite

Tragamin2k2

Taxi driver told us on the way in there was definitely shots fired. People scattering all over the place to hide. stuck to the forum and got me food in ballybricken meself

AdMMM

Interesting, I probably saw you out so .

I got a taxi home, but ended up walking back into town to get food lol

flyingoutside

It's a disgrace if they weren't knackers would they get away with as much?

spothediference

flyingoutside wrote: »

It's a disgrace if they weren't knackers would they get away with as much?

in a word no

Anon0000

AdMMM wrote: »

Paddy wagon was shot at. Fun times. This is going to be a busy night for taxi drivers anyway!

If your talking about the holes in the passenger door its actually a funny story- the lads who were meant to fit the steel frame over the window got the measurements wrong and the wagon ended up with the holes in the wrong place and hasnt been fixed yet as the last few weeks are mental so every squad car and wagon is in constant use!