Liveline Thread 07/01/14 to 26/03/14

Roger_007

I suppose we will have some little old lady calling in to tell us how Martin Callinan rescued her pussy from a tree when he was a strapping young Garda.:D

Roger_007

snubbleste wrote: »

It's just you.

It's just them!

lucylu

The man was wrong in what he said. he was proved wrong. He wouldn't apologise so he packed it in..
Doesn't say much for the man.. less of this he was a great fella Shite

mike65

What is the Templemore accent?

JM Skipton

I think these retired guards need to "lose da hahitude"

Oops69

snubbleste wrote: »

It's just you.

They all sound the same when they say 'vehicle '

Dan Jaman

Roger_007 wrote: »

I suppose we will have some little old lady calling in to tell us how Martin Callinan rescued her pussy from a tree when he was a strapping young Garda.:D

Perhaps he remembers her pussy.

withless

Joe out for FG blood today.

baldbear

South Central. Is that in Compton he served?

CountyHurler

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Is it just me or do all Guards sound the same?

They all come across with that same conceit and arrogance... "I was a great lad when I was in the force but nobody would listen to me" sort of thing..

Harry Angstrom

The "D" word :eek:

An Claidheamh

drumaneen wrote: »

The RBL Irish Poppy pin has been available since 2011 via http://rbl-limerick.webs.com/

For "ex-servicemen".

So a shamrock means Irish people should give handouts to former British soldiers, and thank them for their service in Northern Ireland (and Dublin and Monaghan) on behalf of Britain and their Queen?

Roger_007

Oops69 wrote: »

They all sound the same when they say 'vehicle '

It's a vay-hickle!

snubbleste

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

The "D" word :eek:

Donegal?

withless

Objection! Attempting to lead the witness!

ThisRegard

An Claidheamh wrote: »

What did he say?

I've found Paul Reynolds to sometimes be a bit of a joke.

Reynolds was making it out like Callinan was hard done by, claiming that it wasn't an issue until Vardakar, out of the blue (or words like that), brought it up all of a sudden. Went on about his family and how his mother was still alive, all finding it very hard, the data commissioner backed him up and other nonsense.

I was ridiculous. So when Mick was asked something he started off with him saying that he's have a very different view of what happened than Reynolds.

snubbleste

Is this piece trying to dismiss ethics, accountability and democracy?

Harry Angstrom

The man was brought down by his own arrogance.

le la rat

Heavy word is right Joe. Stick it to the man.

Roger_007

Callinan congratulating himself of intimidating 13000 Gardai into silence.:mad:

baldbear

Callinan and Shatter had a protect the lads at all costs attitude nver mind the truth.

An Claidheamh

ThisRegard wrote: »

Reynolds was making it out like Callinan was hard done by, claiming that it wasn't an issue until Vardakar, out of the blue (or words like that), brought it up all of a sudden. Went on about his family and how his mother was still alive, all finding it very hard, the data commissioner backed him up and other nonsense.

I was ridiculous. So when Mick was asked something he started off with him saying that he's have a very different view of what happened than Reynolds.

Awww, that's brilliant!

Sure, media hacks like Paul Williams and Reynolds no doubt heavily rely on Gardaí leaking information, hence never criticise them.

Roger_007

Is that Big Phil in disguise?

2smiggy

Roger_007 wrote: »

Callinan congratulating himself of intimidating 13000 Gardai into silence.:mad:

few Garda that i know thoughts would be quite the opposite

CountyHurler

Plenty of slow days as well... They're on a go slow any time I need a hand anyway, or any time the Travellers are knocking about...

ThisRegard

We don't have short memories, we just don't accept that you're giving a free ride because of something good you may have done in the past.

JM Skipton

I think what this debate needs is Niall Collins, I haven't heard his opinion yet

ThisRegard

An apt tweet from Not the RTE Guide

Not The RTÉ Guide ‏@YourRTEGuide 3h
RTÉ One 21:30 Commissioner Of My Heart: Paul Reynolds presents a six-hour tribute to former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan

The twitter machine is full of tweets criticising "Garda" Paul Reynolds as he's now being called, he's actually trending on twitter because of his report.

SEPT 23 1989

wonder has Joe had points wiped for the speeding in the maserati

CountyHurler

lucylu wrote: »

The man was wrong in what he said. he was proved wrong. He wouldn't apologise so he packed it in..
Doesn't say much for the man.. less of this he was a great fella Shite

I think what was worse was his assertions about "no other guard in the force reporting any corruption" and "knowing for sure that no guard was involved in bugging GSOC" .... (paraphrased of course)...

An Claidheamh

I still can't forget the way a bunch of Gardaí set out to frame Clare Daly, a government critic - and I'm not her number one fan!

The sort of thing that would happen in the Soviet Union.

The penalty points discretion is arguably a less serious topic, but still corrupt.

CountyHurler

Joe got off with the penalty points as well... Jaysus they are all at it..

lucylu

community working with the public..

randy hickey

Now Martin Callinan is the victim in this - sweet divine Jesus, next they'll be telling us that FF are responsible for turning the economy around!

vicwatson

Roger_007 wrote: »

Is that Big Phil in disguise?

Or John O'Mahoney?

Dan Jaman

An open admission of corrupt practice.
Brilliant.

Roger_007

Dan Jaman wrote: »

An open admission of corrupt practice.
Brilliant.

The 'dogs in the street' were right.:eek:

Lapin

That last caller summed up everything that is wrong with policing in this country.

CountyHurler

"And what about the Minister For Justice"..

Stop leading the witness, Joe...

pc7

If Joe can get enough pressure going here that Shatter resigns 'Joe for President' in my buk

Itssoeasy

I see the ex gardai brigade are out in force.

le la rat

der Duffhrer

SEPT 23 1989

he wipes your points and then you are in the local coppers pocket

not a nice place to be

le la rat

I know lots of toms from Roscommon

Roger_007

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I see the ex gardai brigade are out in force.

Seeing that they can retire at 55 with full pension, there's bound to be an awful lot of them around.

Harry Angstrom

"Nothing to do with me, guv!"

CountyHurler

"There's no guard walking Roscommon that I can say 'Hello pat' or 'hello mick.... (can you do anything for me with my parking fine) ' "

Mike Guide 69

I have friends on the inside Joe!!!! :P

Lapin

Racist

JM Skipton

Well those on the northside of Dublin will remember the only community guard that we knew was the Night Rider, hiding in lanes to catch people coming out of pubs