What were you doing when you heard Veronica Guerin was shot?

whatcartoget · 21-01-2012 6:02am #1

I was watching the Veronica Guerin and it said.
"Everyone in the Republic of Ireland remembers where they were when they heard that Veronica Guerin had been murdered on the Naas Road"
So who here remembers what they were doing when there heard it?

JONJO THE MISER · 21-01-2012 6:07am

Well if memory serves me correct her house was shot a few weeks earlier and it was on RTE news, i dont remember where i was when i heard the news she was killed, but i do remember where i was when i heard the news the general was shot, it was in the middle of august and i was in the car with my father and it came over the news on the radio and then on the six one news after, it was around 4pm when i heard it on the radio, always remember it because it was a scorcher of a summers day in August.

celtictiger32 · 21-01-2012 6:08am

sending a c.v. in to independant newspapers

Fago! · 21-01-2012 6:09am

Shaking a rattle

giles lynchwood · 21-01-2012 6:22am

Driving a motorbike on the Naas road.

kmart6 · 21-01-2012 6:28am

In the cinema with a large coke and popcorn!

Irish Guitarist · 21-01-2012 6:32am

I think I was getting something to eat and saw the headline on a newspaper that was left on the kitchen table. I had no idea who she was.

TeddyTedson · 21-01-2012 6:36am

No idea

Rabies · 21-01-2012 6:41am

watching the movie

sam34 · 21-01-2012 7:27am

I was in the dentists chair having a filling done, heard it on the radio in the background

Misticles · 21-01-2012 7:31am

Pretty sure I was in school

racso1975 · 21-01-2012 7:47am

On the way home from work in a drug treatment service. Her very unfortunate death meant the prob was finally resourced somewhat adequately...........until recently and politicians began to fluc up funding big time

Run_to_da_hills · 21-01-2012 7:52am

I was in Woodford Co Galway when it happened.

crazygeryy · 21-01-2012 8:15am

Banging one out

steevee · 21-01-2012 8:20am

On the Naas rd about 12 miles away cursing the traffic jam . Felt terrible when I heard on the radio that it was because somebody had been shot dead.

Jet Black · 21-01-2012 8:30am

It happened on a Wednesday in the evening of the 25th June 1996.

At the time it happened it was the last week before the summer holidays and my last week in primary school. I was probably out playing football at the time.

10green bottles · 21-01-2012 8:40am

I was boring people to death,kinda like this thread is doing to me

Teyla Emmagan · 21-01-2012 12:44pm

I was in San Fran on my J1, having the time of my life. One of my mates was really shocked by the whole thing, but I didn't even know who VG was, not being an avid reader of the Sindo. That Michelle one had just won all her medals in the Olympics. Trainspotting had just come out. It was actually a fantastic summer.

Freddie59 · 21-01-2012 7:18pm

whatcartoget wrote: »

I was watching the Veronica Guerin and it said.
"Everyone in the Republic of Ireland remembers where they were when they heard that Veronica Guerin had been murdered on the Naas Road"
So who here remembers what they were doing when there heard it?

On a campsite in France.

admiralofthefleet · 21-01-2012 7:19pm

doing a big steaming pony and trap

nlgbbbblth · 21-01-2012 7:20pm

Cashing a cheque for someone.

lazygal · 21-01-2012 7:20pm

I was in the sitting room with my mum who was doing the ironing. We were getting the kitchen tiled and I was watching the tv. One of the tilers came in to tell us a woman had been shot, and then the other shouted in that it was just announced it was Veronica Guerin. I'll always remember that day, the tiles in the kitchen are still there and remind me of the news.

token101 · 21-01-2012 7:20pm

Watching WWF King of the Ring 1996 on VHS.

21-01-2012 7:20pm

Feeding my 10-week old little boy - not soooo little now !!

AngryBollix · 21-01-2012 7:21pm

Partying like a motherf*cker.

Not because she was shot though.

efb · 21-01-2012 7:22pm

I remember hearing on the news that someone had been shot- I expected it to be Veronica

RobbingBandit · 21-01-2012 7:23pm

Thinking of starting a life of crime, thank fcuk I didn't do that seeing as how it would have worked out and all.

Dudess · 21-01-2012 7:25pm

Chilling after the leaving cert or working in Tesco, then Quinnsworth.

44leto · 21-01-2012 7:26pm

In work we all instantly knew it was major and were all appalled.

For a while after I really thought it was a game changing crime for the scumbags, but its now over 15 years since this crime and nothing has changed. The crims still run amok.

charlemont · 21-01-2012 7:30pm

Almost sure I was in Renmore Galway with the FCA.

sidneykidney · 21-01-2012 7:33pm

I remember it clearly cause I was in a mates house was around lunchtime if memory serves correct. We were having lunch and listening in to his dads scanner. We heard a lot of reports of a a shooting, and naas road.
We didnt know who it was then, clearly, didnt find out till I got in from school that it was such a high profile thing.

xzanti · 21-01-2012 7:35pm

I'd say I was at school.. would have been in 2nd year..

Sky King · 21-01-2012 7:39pm

"Everyone in the Republic of Ireland remembers where they were when they heard that Veronica Guerin had been murdered on the Naas Road"

I don't. Nor do I care. All I remember is getting sick to death of journalists going ON and ON about this.

Only reason there was such a big deal about V.G. is because media people were writing about a media colleague. If she had been a Garda it would have been a different story.

dsmythy · 21-01-2012 7:43pm

I was 12 years old and not knowing nor giving a damn.

Son Of A Vidic · 21-01-2012 7:43pm

I was working in London at the time, but regarding what I was doing on the day in question? Well I haven't a clue.

amdublin · 21-01-2012 7:45pm

Being completely honest, I don't rember, it didn't have a huge impact on me at the time.

refusetolose · 21-01-2012 7:48pm

xzanti wrote: »

I'd say I was at school.. would have been in 2nd year..

in the middle of summer?

WIZE · 21-01-2012 7:54pm

Playing football with her nephew .

WIZE · 21-01-2012 7:55pm

amdublin wrote: »

Being completely honest, I don't rember, it didn't have a huge impact on me at the time.

it did on me:(

gurramok · 21-01-2012 7:55pm

Was at work in a summer job further up the Naas road at Ballymount. The news of it came on the radio in the early afternoon if i remember correctly.

PrincessLola · 21-01-2012 8:00pm

Don't remember, Would have been in junior infants at the time..

sidneykidney · 21-01-2012 8:09pm

Hmm clearly my memory is as good as I thought, I couldnt have been in school in the middle of summer. Unless I was maybe sitting a state exam? I dont recall what dates I done my Jc or Lc all that well.