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

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  • #52
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,129 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    I don't have a clue what I was doing.


  • #53
    Caraville
    Registered Users Posts: 854 ✭✭✭Caraville


    I was in the Gaeltacht in Conamara and I was only 14, didn't know who she was but I knew it must have been a big deal because we hadn't heard any other news the whole 3 weeks we were there, but we were told this particular piece of news.


  • #54
    Nodster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 953 ✭✭✭Nodster


    remember getting a phonecall from a bud in the Cork Examiner a good 15 mins before it went live on the news - eary feeling, RIP Veronica


  • #55
    Jen Pigs Fly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭Jen Pigs Fly


    I was like 5 or something, so in Primary school eating dirt of some kind :D


  • #56
    u_c_thesecond
    Registered Users Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭u_c_thesecond


    i was 11 so i do not remember tbh

    weirdly enought i cant remember where i was when i heard about 9/11

    though i have a slight memory of when diana died!

    thats my input :confused:


  • #57
    Seomra Mushie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 548 ✭✭✭Seomra Mushie


    Had just arrived home from my last day of primary school. Was in great form altogether, running around the back garden (for some reason). :)


  • #58
    ChunkyLover54
    Registered Users Posts: 564 ✭✭✭ChunkyLover54


    I was at home watching the France-Czech Republic match in Euro '96 and after that ended I heard about Veronica Guerin on the 6.01 news.

    Just googled it there to verify


  • #59
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    I have no idea, it wasn't of personal importance to me however I distinctly remember where I was when I heard that Father Ted had died, my brother woke me up on the Sunday morning to tell me when the news broke.


  • #60
    Kojak
    Registered Users Posts: 12,801 ✭✭✭✭Kojak


    I think I was eating prunes when I heard about the shooting.


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  • #61
    Seomra Mushie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 548 ✭✭✭Seomra Mushie


    The-Rigger wrote: »
    I have no idea, it wasn't of personal importance to me however I distinctly remember where I was when I heard that Father Ted had died, my brother woke me up on the Sunday morning to tell me when the news broke.

    Funny, I was going to mention that in my post. :) I heard after Sunday Mass when I was getting my "Here's your treat for going to Mass" chocolate bar from the folks. :pac:


  • #62
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,902 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Most of the posters on AH probably hadn't even been born yet.:pac:

    I was in college at the time, just finished my summer exams. I think I was coming down off a (bad) acid trip when I heard that Veronica had been shot.


  • #63
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Most of ther posters on AH probably hadn't been born yet.:pac:

    No.


  • #64
    later12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭✭later12


    I was nine years old, and I remember being annoyed with my Mum because she was watching the news coverage and iI wanted a lift to my friend's house.

    She kept saying "in a minute later10, in a minute" and I kept thinking "what a selfish cow; does she not know I have PGA European Tour to be playing on the Mega Drive?" My friend had a very small games collection.

    I think I gathered that something significant had happened. But at that moment, all I took in was the image of the red sportscar, and being really pissed with my Mum.


  • #65
    coco_lola
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭coco_lola


    Doing whatever it is crazy seven year old kids do.


  • #66
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    later10 wrote: »
    being really pissed with my Mum.

    Yeah, I was pissed with her too.


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  • #67
    Pissmire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Pissmire


    Ah if she only stuck to harassing defenceless incest victims instead of bad men with guns all this could have been avoided. Was on a polar expedition when it happened.


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