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  • 01-07-2010 4:47pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭


    I see Tuam thugs have brought us into the headlines again after yesterdays antics. Home page on Yahoo.co.uk and the Irish Independent.

    Thanks Guys.

    :mad:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 31,898 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Sickening so it is.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭airhorn


    Shocking alltogether.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    just read on the irish indo....

    and i dont care if i get banned but i dont care as long as this message doesnt get deleted but the ones who did this and the previous things are trying to make a statement that tuam is like ballymun that is run by gangs etc and that its a dangerous place to go because of all the gangs about the place, but they cant even be classified as gangs...

    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    A GANG of thugs left a trail of vandalism and destruction in a town centre during a night of mayhem that included an arson attack on an archbishop's palace.

    Gardai say the cost of the damage caused by the vandals in Tuam will run to thousands of euro, while only the quick thinking of firefighters saved the historic residence of the Archbishop of Tuam from burning down.

    Archbishop Michael Neary would normally be at home in the house at the end of a driveway behind Tuam Cathedral, but was away following the death of his mother on Tuesday.

    His secretary, Fr Fintan Monaghan, was asleep alone in the house, which was built in 1904, when he was woken by a phone call at 4.40am yesterday.

    "Fr Sean Cunningham from the presbytery rang me to say that a nun from the Mercy convent had contacted him because there was smoke coming from the direction of the house," Fr Monaghan said.

    "My car, which was parked outside, was on fire and there was a diesel tank just six feet away from the flames. The fire brigade arrived quickly and only for them I suppose anything could have happened if the tank had caught fire."

    His car was burnt out along with holy oils and a number of irreplaceable hill-walking maps Fr Monaghan had left inside.

    Damage

    He then discovered that the gate lodge at the foot of the driveway had also been vandalised. The lodge dates back to the start of the last century and is used as a store room for the cathedral.

    The vandals had thrown a metal dustbin through a front window of the lodge.

    "It seems they just wanted to cause damage, because they ignored the coins from the collection plate we had there," Fr Monaghan said.

    By now, gardai were at full stretch in Tuam town centre, dealing with reports of damage to property, while dustbins had been overturned and the contents scattered around the square and along Dublin Road.

    Local hairdresser Della Dolan, who lives above her business My Fair Lady, said she reckoned the vandals had reached her premises at 3.23am.

    "I have CCTV installed outside my hairdressers and that's the time they caused the damage. They picked up one of those big rubbish bins and threw it up on top of my car. They also smashed the windscreen," Ms Dolan said.

    It was the fourth time this year Ms Dolan's car had been targeted by late-night hooligans. On previous occasions, her wing mirrors were smashed and the rear window of her car was damaged.

    This time, however, Ms Dolan reckons gardai will be able to identify those responsible for the trail of destruction.

    "I had the gardai here and I think it was three lads who did it. They had a look at the CCTV and I expect they will find them pretty quickly. But I'm disgusted at what they have done. It's a disgraceful way for anyone to behave," she said.


    linky

    So are they going to try and defend themselves again after this disgrace?:mad:


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,371 ✭✭✭Fuinseog


    MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS[/QUOTE]

    is minks galway slang or an import?
    are these gangs connected to a certain group of peopel who like to travel?
    could it be that these people have nothing to do and decide to burn cars out of pure boredom? is there a police force in Tuam?
    if this is usch a crisis why has nobody spoken to joe? i am sure he could sort it out.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,371 ✭✭✭Fuinseog


    jd007 wrote: »
    linky

    So are they going to try and defend themselves again after this disgrace?:mad:


    everyone has their own part to play in this. hoodies are handy for hiding your face and mostly worn by scumbags. whoever sells hoodies is therefore aiding and abetting.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    everyone has their own part to play in this. hoodies are handy for hiding your face and mostly worn by scumbags. whoever sells hoodies is therefore aiding and abetting.

    Stupid comment, I know a lot of people who wear hoodies that dont do any of this ****.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭onemorechance




  • Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    mink_man banned


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    Fuinseog wrote: »
    everyone has their own part to play in this. hoodies are handy for hiding your face and mostly worn by scumbags. whoever sells hoodies is therefore aiding and abetting.

    Are you serious? The only people to blame here are the scumbags that did this.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    mink_man wrote: »
    just read on the irish indo....

    and i dont care if i get banned but i dont care as long as this message doesnt get deleted but the ones who did this and the previous things are trying to make a statement that tuam is like ballymun that is run by gangs etc and that its a dangerous place to go because of all the gangs about the place, but they cant even be classified as gangs...

    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS
    all they are are MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS MINKS

    I have my doubts that they were minks.


  • Registered Users Posts: 809 ✭✭✭dec25532


    I have my doubts that they were minks.

    An element of minks are involved in these gangs but mainly not. Those responsible, I am told, are not from the travelling community but children of well known settled community. Shame on them . . . again!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 389 ✭✭Jamey


    I'm gonna presume at this stage that the Police in Tuam are just afraid of them by now. Bunch of cowards, how could the Gardai possibly not be around when this was done in the middle of the town on a Tuesday night?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    Do ye not have CCTV footage of this?


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Jamey wrote: »
    I'm gonna presume at this stage that the Police in Tuam are just afraid of them by now. Bunch of cowards, how could the Gardai possibly not be around when this was done in the middle of the town on a Tuesday night?

    They are excellent in Tuam at detecting cars a few days out of tax though.


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