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MULLINGAR OUT OF CONTROL

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    wetminger wrote: »
    The answer to this question is plainly 'No'.

    It was however Mullingar in 2008 that had an afternoon of street battles between rival traveller families. It started just before noon and the Gardai had it under control later that afternoon.

    How has an incident which lasted a few hours been morphed into "weeks of street battles" in the minds of people? Please use google to substantiate 'facts' before posting. Perhaps if more people using this thread did then their opinions about Mullingar not be so sensationalist and clearly wrong.

    I must have misunderstood. I thought it started in May and finished in July. Mea culpa, obviously if this was incorrect.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 427 ✭✭GKidd


    wetminger wrote: »
    @GKidd, dare I suggest the problem you are having may be with the places you frequent (i.e Mojos) rather than the entire town of Mullingar being a 'warzone'. I mean kids dancing on tables? Whatever next...

    No you may not suggest anything of the sort. When I saw that girl being turfed out I went to the Fence. When I saw the amount of toolboxes in there I went to the Lane Club.

    The kids on tables episode happened in a pub in Dominic St. and they all seemed off their heads on drugs. Try walking on your own, sober through the town at midnight on a Saturday and report back.

    Regarding your Smithfield post...sorry to be pedantic but D7 is not central Dublin and infairness I would'nt go next or near Balinasloe when the horse fair is on.

    The facts speak for themselves..Don't go North of Mullingar, Abbeylands and Ballyglass area are prone to rioting. Don't go West of Mullingar as grange is prone to rioting. Don't go East of Mullingar as Dalton Park is prone to rioting. Instead head South and keep going...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 wetminger


    GKidd wrote: »
    Try walking on your own, sober through the town at midnight on a Saturday and report back.

    I wouldn't choose to do this anywhere, Mullingar is no different in that respect?
    GKidd wrote: »
    Regarding your Smithfield post...sorry to be pedantic but D7 is not central Dublin and infairness I would'nt go next or near Balinasloe when the horse fair is on.

    Smithfield is 100m from the Four Courts. By anyone's standards that is central Dublin, regardless of postcode.
    GKidd wrote: »
    The facts speak for themselves..Don't go North of Mullingar, Abbeylands and Ballyglass area are prone to rioting. Don't go West of Mullingar as grange is prone to rioting. Don't go East of Mullingar as Dalton Park is prone to rioting. Instead head South and keep going...

    Which 'facts' are they??

    Please feel free to head south, and don't look back...


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 427 ✭✭GKidd


    wetminger wrote: »
    I wouldn't choose to do this anywhere, Mullingar is no different in that respect?

    Almost the Queens English old boy. Now try "Is Mullingar no different in that respect?" See...much better!

    Smithfield is 100m from the Four Courts. By anyone's standards that is central Dublin, regardless of postcode.

    Oh my, you're not much of a city dweller are you? To rural types perhaps this IS central Dublin *Sigh*

    Which 'facts' are they??

    Please feel free to head south, and don't look back...

    Not only do I live south of the town but I propose that we build a wall from The Ardmore Rd. to the Dublin Bridge, down the canal line, down Pipers Booreen then on to the Dogtrack and out the Tullamore Rd. That would stop these rapscallions and neerdogooders interfering in the rest of our affairs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 wetminger


    @Gkidd : It was a statement with a question mark at the end on purpose, to imply our disagreement on the topic.

    I dont see how where I reside is relevant to the fact that Smithfield is 5 minutes walk from Henry Street, therefore central. Sorry but even you cannot alter geography.

    Also there is nothing wrong with 'rural types', as you imply. Dont you live south of Mullingar? Rural by most peoples standards.

    I am very proud of coming from "the Gar" and will admit its faults, but refute some of the sensationalist nonsense being posted about the town on this website. I regularly bring friends home from London (where I have lived for 7 years btw) for weekend visits. I only ever have happy faces on our nights out.

    Peace agus gra.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    I lived in Mullingar for almost 2 years,went out in it pretty much every Friday and Saturday night and only once in that time did I see any trouble and that was a bunch of lads that seemed to be on a stag got messy when they were asked to leave Dannys.

    The way some people are posting on here you would swear it was like fookin Baghdad.
    :rolleyes:


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 427 ✭✭GKidd


    I lived in Mullingar for almost 2 years,went out in it pretty much every Friday and Saturday night and only once in that time did I see any trouble and that was a bunch of lads that seemed to be on a stag got messy when they were asked to leave Dannys.

    The way some people are posting on here you would swear it was like fookin Baghdad.
    :rolleyes:


    O.K. this has got to be a level. Everyone knows that mods don't go out anywhere at weekends. Instead they sit at home moderating and dream of one day becoming a cat mod :pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 13 Skammer


    I've never been more embarrassed by Irish people abroad as by people from Mullingar. I was abroad in a resort and a gang of them were out of their heads annoying everyone in the area. I was told I was lucky because half of them were already arrested and were in prison on the island. I've lived all over the world and never saw such ignorant scum. What a let down.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,717 ✭✭✭Feisar


    An ould buck once told me, "there's thick and then there's Mullingar thick". And he was one thick Laois man!

    First they came for the socialists...



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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 515 ✭✭✭Ham Sambo


    Got lost one evening driving through Mullingar town and ended up in a place called 'Woodlands', It reminded me of that TV programme 'Shameless', Such a dump!, central locks went down very very quickly I can tell ya!! :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 wetminger


    Woodlands, really? I wouldn't have considered that to be a particularly bad area personally. Maybe you were just unlucky. On the main, the only bad areas are Grange and Dalton Park however parts of Ardleigh next to Grange are meant to bit slightly shabby.
    I do think all towns have some less than nice areas though, don't they? Maybe I am too positive or have just been lucky up to now but in my 34 years I have never encountered anything rough in town - excluding chip shops at 4am of course which I think globally are best avoided ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 wetminger


    @ Ham Sambo - ooopppsss I just realised I am confusing Woodlands with somewhere else - Woodlands is actually within Grange, so yes you are right, that probably was best avoided. I am sure many nice people live there though as when I was a kid lots of the older areas were just fine working class parts of town, since the population explosion in the noughties they seem to have turned sort of rough.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,062 ✭✭✭walrusgumble


    GKidd wrote: »
    No you may not suggest anything of the sort. When I saw that girl being turfed out I went to the Fence. When I saw the amount of toolboxes in there I went to the Lane Club.

    The kids on tables episode happened in a pub in Dominic St. and they all seemed off their heads on drugs. Try walking on your own, sober through the town at midnight on a Saturday and report back.

    Regarding your Smithfield post...sorry to be pedantic but D7 is not central Dublin and infairness I would'nt go next or near Balinasloe when the horse fair is on.

    The facts speak for themselves..Don't go North of Mullingar, Abbeylands and Ballyglass area are prone to rioting. Don't go West of Mullingar as grange is prone to rioting. Don't go East of Mullingar as Dalton Park is prone to rioting. Instead head South and keep going...

    Dublin 7 goes right up to Dublin 1 (Henry Street) - Dublin Central. Dublin 7 is very much part of Dublin Central, and for politics, it forms part of the Dáil Constituency. So , Smithfield is , very much part of Central Dublin City


  • Registered Users Posts: 30 Mart0


    martin1 wrote: »
    So you have live in Athlone have you ?

    Obviously you are an expert on life here.

    Can you give some examples to back up this ignorant statement.

    Athlone has cleaned up its act since the 80s.
    Thanks to a state of the art cctv system and regular Garda patrols on foot and on bicycles, our lovely scenic town is virtually crime free.



    That is an absolutely ridiculous claim. I've lived in Athlone my entire life and it's always been very bad for crime. "Crime Free"? What about the lad who was glassed out by the AIT (Whether he was in the wrong or not, it's still a crime) I've been mugged myself down near montree (In the middle of the day) , I've had people break into my house In Irishtown looking for non-existent cannabis plants. Only to find they have the wrong house. The joys of living directly across from an apartment block full of scumbags. Good luck if you walk through even the middle of town at night, I wouldn't even imagine walking near some of the estates like Mels, Sarsfield, Woodville or anywhere the far side of the bridge. Crime is everywhere in this town, There are apartment blocks such as Inish house which are full to the brim with Heroin addicts shooting on Fire escape stairwells, Leaving dirty needles everywhere. Willow Park is still full of crack-dens and Drugs, as is Mels.

    I don't know how you live in such delusion, I've lived both in the middle of town and in the more upper class areas of Glassan and I still wouldn't feel safe in either of them.

    Should probably add the (As it fits the thread) of the riots that happen every time without fail when there is an under-age disco in Q nightclub. Always about 50 Athlone lads and what I assume are about 20 lads from another town, Probably Ballinasloe or Mullingar, Throwing rocks and killing each other in the middle of Churchstreet, While the gards look on in their squadcar.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭martin1


    [QUOTE=Mart0;77948249
    I don't know how you live in such delusion, I've lived both in the middle of town and in the more upper class areas of Glassan and I still wouldn't feel safe in either of them.[/QUOTE]


    mmmmmm....All I can say about that is that anybody who does'nt feel safe in Glasson, is in dire need of professional help.



    No offence sir ;)


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,062 ✭✭✭walrusgumble


    Mart0 wrote: »
    That is an absolutely ridiculous claim. I've lived in Athlone my entire life and it's always been very bad for crime. "Crime Free"? What about the lad who was glassed out by the AIT (Whether he was in the wrong or not, it's still a crime) I've been mugged myself down near montree (In the middle of the day) , I've had people break into my house In Irishtown looking for non-existent cannabis plants. Only to find they have the wrong house. The joys of living directly across from an apartment block full of scumbags. Good luck if you walk through even the middle of town at night, I wouldn't even imagine walking near some of the estates like Mels, Sarsfield, Woodville or anywhere the far side of the bridge. Crime is everywhere in this town, There are apartment blocks such as Inish house which are full to the brim with Heroin addicts shooting on Fire escape stairwells, Leaving dirty needles everywhere. Willow Park is still full of crack-dens and Drugs, as is Mels.

    I don't know how you live in such delusion, I've lived both in the middle of town and in the more upper class areas of Glassan and I still wouldn't feel safe in either of them.

    Should probably add the (As it fits the thread) of the riots that happen every time without fail when there is an under-age disco in Q nightclub. Always about 50 Athlone lads and what I assume are about 20 lads from another town, Probably Ballinasloe or Mullingar, Throwing rocks and killing each other in the middle of Churchstreet, While the gards look on in their squadcar.

    Glasson is upper class? Funny. What, farmers? Well, reasonably well off farmers (who do behave )

    Sorry, but I agree with the poster above, Glasson is not a place to be fearful of - unless you are walking home at night and due to the roads, get knocked down.


  • Registered Users Posts: 30 Mart0


    I assume then that you guys don't live/have not lived there long enough to hear of the nearly daily house invasions, break ins and vandalism.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Long Gone


    Mart0 wrote: »
    I assume then that you guys don't live/have not lived there long enough to hear of the nearly daily house invasions, break ins and vandalism.

    Ah will ya get away outta dat with yer auld nonsense - "Near daily house invasions" - Exaggeration much ? .....:rolleyes:

    This is Glasson we're tallking about here - not Fort Apache The Bronx. I don't believe for a minute that you've ever lived in Glasson - If you had you might at least be able to spell the name of the village properly !

    I also doubt very much that you've lived in Athlone all your life as you've claimed - Your post is much more indicative of someone who's spent a short period of time in Athlone as a student and has a chip on their shoulder against the town for some reason best known to yourself........

    Your comments about the law and order situation in Athlone and about Athlone in general are completely ludicrous - And then you have the audacity to accuse other posters of being deluded !. :rolleyes:

    On a more serious note, your statement regarding people "Throwing rocks and killing each other in the middle of Churchstreet (sic), While the gards (sic) look on in their squadcar (sic)" is a very serious allegation to make without any substantiation .......... Moderators please note.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭SilverScreen


    Mart0 wrote: »
    Should probably add the (As it fits the thread) of the riots that happen every time without fail when there is an under-age disco in Q nightclub. Always about 50 Athlone lads and what I assume are about 20 lads from another town, Probably Ballinasloe or Mullingar, Throwing rocks and killing each other in the middle of Churchstreet, While the gards look on in their squadcar.
    Yes because there's been many a night in the town of Athlone where young kids under the age of 18 do battle on the mean streets brutally butchering each other in cold blood with samurai swords after a night of dancing while the Gardai look on laughing hysterically in amusement :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    lets just all agree that Athlone and Mullingar are better towns than Longford, which is a kip...

    athlone and mullingar have serious issues and problems however


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 892 ✭✭✭Motorist


    Mullingar is an absolute kip. Alot of young lads down there with serial sexual frustration are gagging for a fight after a night out to release their adrenalin. They are often supported by surrounding women folk who are also likely to be completely intoxicated and acting on primal, aggressive and irrational basal instinct.

    Be warned - if you dont look like a complete knack, you're seen as "different" and may attract unwanted attention from the animals down there for wandering into their mongoloid pi$$ing ground. The chippers are the worst place to be - dont try to engage in any conversation with unknown people there as their behaviour when fueled by alcohol is likely to be aggressive and threatening. Just jump into a taxi or walk home after the night club until the animals return to their dens to sleep off their stupor and return to the reality of their miserable, pathetic lives.

    RIP to that poor lad from Carrick on Shannon who had the misfortune of choosing Mullingar as a place to celebrate a Christmas night out. What happened to him was not an isolated incident, but more so the norm when it comes to alcohol-fueled aggression to be seen on any Saturday night in Mullingar - a place in my experience which is one of the most violent towns in Ireland.

    And finally as an extra safety precaution, I would highly recommend regular self-defense training for anyone planning on spending time there. At the very least, you should be extremely well conditioned to support the "flight" part of your fight-or-flight response. While there is a heavy (and necessary) garda presence there, it is really only you who can look after yourself - the garda will realistically only be there to view the CCTV and take details after the unfortunate event has occurred. Good luck.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭martineatworld


    I love the way people spout off about Mullingar based on a small sample of visits. As someone who was born and raised just outside the town, I'll admit, it's not the nicest at times, but everywhere has it's problems, and Mullingars bad points have been highly exaggerated. I've never felt more endangered there than in any other similar sized town I've been to in Ireland. I'm not here to have a go at other towns, as I don't have enough experience in them, but this whole thing has been a blown up reaction to news coverage without people actually judging for themselves. The situation with the poor man from Carrick on Shannon is tragic but it is more of a reflection on the absolute scumbag that killed him than the town itself.

    @Motorist
    It's "not an isolated incident"? Example? Care to link a story or anything to back up what you say?
    I don't look like a knack, and I've never once been in a fight or started on in Mullingar despite being out hundreds of times. Care to explain that? :rolleyes:


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 892 ✭✭✭Motorist


    The situation with the poor man from Carrick on Shannon is tragic but it is more of a reflection on the absolute scumbag that killed him than the town itself.


    It was not an isolated incident of one scumbag as you suggest but rather three people have been charged with this manslaughter - Jessica Hughes (19) of Greenfield Heights, Rathwire, Killucan, Westmeath; Patrick Farrell (20) of Cornamuckla, Broadford, Kildare and Patrick Daly (22) of Mulphedder, Clonard, Meath. Separately Mr Daly is also charged with assaulting another man on 23 December, which caused him severe injury and Mr Farrell is charged with common assault on a third man, on the same date at Pearse St, Mullingar.

    We would never have heard of this case had the victim not fallen to the ground and suffered severe injuries - it would have just been another assault on a night out in Mullingar as I have witnessed first hand countless times - just look at the record of the local District Court if you need evidence.

    It should also be noted that this was a completely random act of violence and the victim was not looking for any trouble. I will not comment further on a sub judice case.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭martineatworld


    Three individuals, none of whom have an address in Mullingar. Do scumbags have an innate attraction to the town? Is this not a reflection on the disgusting behaviour of the individuals?

    I've been out many nights in Mullingar and elsewhere, and Mullingar has about the same amount of fights as anywhere I've been, no more, no less. If you've witnessed so many assaults first hand, and feel unsafe there as to your previous post, why go back "countless times"?

    I'm sure there will be many counts of drunken assault, as there will be in any other district court. Can you can come back with solid statistics about how Mullingar is worse than any other similar towns or can you please stop stating opinions without any facts to back them up?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 892 ✭✭✭Motorist


    I've been out many nights in Mullingar and elsewhere, and Mullingar has about the same amount of fights as anywhere I've been, no more, no less. If you've witnessed so many assaults first hand, and feel unsafe there as to your previous post, why go back "countless times"?

    Unfortunately I have no choice but to return to the town every once in a while, and as usual it lets me down severely from a safety perspective. I base my opinion and firm held belief on my own countless outings in the town.

    Never before have I seen the gardai so helpless with a garda helicopter hovering overhead, as was the case when the scenes were broadcast from a housing estate, Dalton Park, in Mullingar on Six-One news. This was of course when the numerous lawless citizens there engaged in a mass riot involving over 200 people. This is the sort of contempt for the law you will by certain elements in Mullingar.

    Thanfully the perpetrators were brought to justice. I wouldnt have any no-go areas for any provincial town anywhere in Ireland save what I have for Dalton Park, Mullingar. Yes I would have for areas of Tallaght, Finglas, Limerick, etc but those are all parts of cities.

    Hopefully with widespread reforms in the Department of Justice, more gardai can be deployed at nights on the streets of Mullingar. Hopefully this coupled with the extensive CCTV in operation around the town center will result in more convictions for a sizeable majority of those who think drunken assault is normal behaviour and to be commended after a night out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,763 ✭✭✭✭Crann na Beatha


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  • Registered Users Posts: 30 Mart0


    I also doubt very much that you've lived in Athlone all your life as you've claimed - Your post is much more indicative of someone who's spent a short period of time in Athlone as a student and has a chip on their shoulder against the town for some reason best known to yourself........

    Haha, Wow, Your ignorance is astounding. I posted something you don't agree with so I must be a liar. I have, In fact lived in Glassan my entire life and know what it's actually like out it there, Rather than someone (Probably such as yourself) who moved out there to get away from all the noise and lights of the Town. But then again, If you want to live in your make believe world where everyone who has a different opinion to you is a liar, then go ahead, I have nothing to prove to you over where I live.
    On a more serious note, your statement regarding people "Throwing rocks and killing each other in the middle of Churchstreet (sic), While the gards (sic) look on in their squadcar (sic)" is a very serious allegation to make without any substantiation .......... Moderators please note.

    I'm sure at least one other Boards member passed through town that night and saw the exact same thing. Why don't you believe these things can and have happened? Do you just enjoy living in a world of denial where nothing bad happens and we all get along?

    Yes because there's been many a night in the town of Athlone where young kids under the age of 18 do battle on the mean streets brutally butchering each other in cold blood with samurai swords after a night of dancing while the Gardai look on laughing hysterically in amusement rolleyes.gif

    No you're right. On a normal night it's people over the age of 18 who are battering each other after a night out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭martin1


    Mart0 .................... how can you live in Glasson your entire life and still not be able to spell it :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭SilverScreen


    martin1 wrote: »
    Mart0 .................... how can you live in Glasson your entire life and still not be able to spell it :confused:
    He's actually still right, it's sometimes spelled Glassan as well as Glasson.

    On the Wikipedia entry it's spelled Glassan and I've also seen it spelled that way on some Golden Pages entries.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Long Gone


    Mart0 wrote: »
    Haha, Wow, Your ignorance is astounding. I posted something you don't agree with so I must be a liar. I have, In fact lived in Glassan my entire life and know what it's actually like out it there, Rather than someone (Probably such as yourself) who moved out there to get away from all the noise and lights of the Town. But then again, If you want to live in your make believe world where everyone who has a different opinion to you is a liar, then go ahead, I have nothing to prove to you over where I live.

    MY ignorance is astounding ? LOL :D

    What age are you ? ? - Judging by your posts you'd be much better off concentrating on your education rather than wasting time posting nonsense on here...

    Ever heard of playing the ball and not the man ? - I note your complete failure to address any of the issues that I have raised regarding your posts.

    So you've lived in Glasson "your entire life" ? (Even though you don't even know how to spell the name of the village correctly ? - The way it's spelt by everyone I know who lives in Glasson ?) - Very strange that - In an earlier post you claimed that you'd lived "in the middle of town"....:)

    Your posts speak for themselves : Exaggeration and obvious fiction much ? .:rolleyes:

    Given the self evidently ridiculous and non-factual nature of the posts that you've made on this thread, I'll leave it to other Forum Members to decide who the "liar" is ...... ;)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 257 ✭✭slowharry


    Wouldn't get caught up too much in the how you spell Glasson. Its Glassan on most OSI maps and Glasson on most sign posts.

    Cant see how anyone could class Glasson as remotely dangerous - unless you count overeating in all the great spots to eat.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭aurin07


    Moving to Athlone wednesday for the near future..

    Strand street...

    12gauge and stab vest check...


    I can't really comment to the town alot of ye live.. First time I was in Athlone was last week for an interview. I also live in the country in Cork so a town will be a new experience to me..

    Langer accent will attract the scumbags no doubt from some of the "storie's" here..

    NOTE: "Stories"..

    Actually thought it looked a pretty alri town?. Mind you maybe im on a nice side of it??. :confused:



    Theres a great saying when it comes to the storys of these "rough" towns..

    "On the corner of every farm there is a slurry pit.. "




    'hdz


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Long Gone


    Athlone is a fine town - You'll enjoy living here.:cool:

    Strand Street ? - Biggest danger there is getting your feet wet in the winter when the broad majestic Shannon decides to flood until your ground floor level is about two feet under water......:p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭aurin07


    Long Gone wrote: »
    Athlone is a fine town - You'll enjoy living here.:cool:

    Strand Street ? - Biggest danger there is getting your feet wet in the winter when the broad majestic Shannon decides to flood until your ground floor level is about two feet under water......:p

    4th floor apartment peasants.. :D:D



    'hdz


  • Registered Users Posts: 2 quinnbag


    I moved just outside of Mullingar from Dublin about 2 years ago. I havent experienced any trouble myself but have seen it on many occasions. I wouldnt say i see it on a daily basis but have witnessed kids as they couldnt have been more then 15 yrs old abusing people walking up the street for no reason trying to start a fight and i actually was stopped at traffic lights just coming out of the town and saw two lads approach each other and just start baiting each other in the middle of the road. So i would have no doubt what people are describing here is 100% true. But i also think there are many towns in this country that are probably worse.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 30 ezopsae


    Jessica Hughes of Rathwire, Westmeath and Patrick Daly received community service for their part in the killing of Carrick on Shannon student Andrew Dolan.

    The jury in that case should be ashamed of themselves. Jessica Hughes started the attack on this poor lad who lost his life as he pleaded with his assailants "please, dont hit me".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    ezopsae wrote: »
    Jessica Hughes of Rathwire, Westmeath and Patrick Daly received community service for their part in the killing of Carrick on Shannon student Andrew Dolan.

    The jury in that case should be ashamed of themselves. Jessica Hughes started the attack on this poor lad who lost his life as he pleaded with his assailants "please, dont hit me".

    Have to agree with you. Unbelievable. I suppose there's no chance the DPP will appeal. :(


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 30 ezopsae


    Have to agree with you. Unbelievable. I suppose there's no chance the DPP will appeal. :(

    A barman who saw what happened said Andrew Dolan's hands were down and that he could tell immediately that he had obviously never been in a situation like that before.

    The trial was a farce and shame on the jury. Jessica Hughes and Patrick Daly were instrumental in the death of that poor student. Doubt these scumbags will give Dolan a second thought after they've completed their pitiful hours of community service.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Long Gone


    An absolute disgrace. Land of saints and scholars ? - More like land where the scumbags are getting totally out of control and the government are doing absolutely nothing about it. The really depressing thing is that it seems to be getting worse each year.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 30 ezopsae


    Long Gone wrote: »
    An absolute disgrace. Land of saints and scholars ? - More like land where the scumbags are getting totally out of control and the government are doing absolutely nothing about it. The really depressing thing is that it seems to be getting worse each year.

    I'm not sure you can pin this one on the government. The gardai did their job perfectly and made three arrests, had CCTV evidence and witness statements. As for the legal eagles and the jury...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,663 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    Rathwire? Where were the two of them originally from then?

    A disgraceful sentence


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Long Gone


    ezopsae wrote: »
    I'm not sure you can pin this one on the government. The gardai did their job perfectly and made three arrests, had CCTV evidence and witness statements. As for the legal eagles and the jury...

    I'm not blaming this specific incident on the government, but I do blame them for the general decline in law and order. It is their responsibility to maintain law and order in the state and they are failing miserably. Rural Garda stations are being closed leaving rural people at the mercy of roving gangs of scumbag thieves - most of whom are already parasites getting welfare paid for by decent hard working people. It is also the government's responsibility to set sentencing guidelines for the courts.Offences against the person aren't taken seriousl enough - Assaults should always be punished by jailtime and assaults resulting in death should have a mandatory life sentence.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭mike kelly


    Just who is Jessica Hughes? I see on Street View that her family has a fine big house. If she lived in a council house, she would be in jail now. For sure she has plenty of pull.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    You should call to her house and ask her, Mike.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭mike kelly


    You should call to her house and ask her, Mike.

    To be honest, I'm too afraid to do that.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3 mgman


    im from mullingar i grue up hear all my life and lived in one of the roughist areas in the town daltion park and ive seen things happin in this town that would shock even people from dublin people being atacked with hammers and knives up and down the town meny of my friends have been hit with bottles and polls ive also seen people shoot at houses and the fude between the to familys lasted about 2 weeks maby a little more and i no becouse i no sum of the people involved and it was in my nannys astate the town is riddled with drugs aspechaly herron so if your not from the town you dont no wat is going on r youve just been lucky enuff for it not to happin to i no people from tullamore longford and athlone and they all say they wont come to are town and of course the mane town is not that bad now and there cctv every where that you cant move if your brave anuff take a walk true abbylands grange r daltinpark r enalcourt and report back and let us all no how ya got on if ya make it back in one piece


  • Registered Users Posts: 3 mgman


    I'm gonna defend Mullingar. It's definitely not as bad as people are saying and definitely not as bad as others town in the country. You can walk down the street with no fear, same at night-time, I even walk home after a night out on my own (I know I shouldn't, just incase, but I'm fine everytime). I do agree however, that there should be more garda on the streets, especially at night-time, the only time I see guards driving around at night, is before nightclubs, and sometimes afterwards, and even at that its only 1 squad car. I know crime has increased in recent years but its not only Mullingar, it's ALL towns. And every town has their 'bad' estates and family fueds. It's nothing to judge Mullingar by. I have lived here years, and have lived in way worse towns.


    mullingar is rough town prob the worst in the mid lands and this is cuming from a 20 year old who lived hear all my life and sees the daly fights and druge deals that go down in mc donalds for **** sake too guys where left in hospatill to weeks ago after being beetin with a hammer a steel chane and a base ball bat if youve never had any truble in mullingar your lucky r just soft and wont stick your neck out


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    mgman wrote: »
    mullingar is rough town prob the worst in the mid lands and this is cuming from a 20 year old who lived hear all my life and sees the daly fights and druge deals that go down in mc donalds for **** sake too guys where left in hospatill to weeks ago after being beetin with a hammer a steel chane and a base ball bat if youve never had any truble in mullingar your lucky r just soft and wont stick your neck out

    two posts
    and both to insult Mullingar
    and both posts with terrible grammar and spelling!
    are you from Athlone?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3 mgman


    no im no from Athlon im from Mullingar and im not insulting the town just telling the truth about it i bet that mister nice guy80 your no even from the town your self and its not the town its the people that are in it that make it the way it is all im saying is don't Liston to people saying its pour safe because its no so do get a taxi home after night clubs to be and be careful don't put your self in unnecessary positions i no my spelling and grammar are bad but i make it buy and im majoring in zoology so im doing sum ting right


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭hju6


    mgman wrote: »
    no im no from Athlon im from Mullingar and im not insulting the town just telling the truth about it i bet that mister nice guy80 your no even from the town your self and its not the town its the people that are in it that make it the way it is all im saying is don't Liston to people saying its pour safe because its no so do get a taxi home after night clubs to be and be careful don't put your self in unnecessary positions i no my spelling and grammar are bad but i make it buy and im majoring in zoology so im doing sum ting right

    At TRINITY I HOPE


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