Breaking News: John O'Donovan Injured During Peaceful Protest Mod Warning #146

Nonoperational

old hippy wrote: »

And one wonders why things remain stagnant back home.

Who's wondering? Things are going fine, thanks for your consideration though.

m31

ABajaninCork wrote: »

It's hard to read this and not laugh...

Yes ABajaninCork easy to laugh . Well done you . Do you work? Or are you a dole head ?

geeksauce

m31 wrote: »

Yes ignorance is very bliss , specially in your case .
You were just being a smart ass with your dole comments i guess ( rolls eyes )

I hope you are secure and safe in your happy world and your family are not hungry .

You fail to realise there are people in our country who cannot afford any more taxes.

It really is that simple.
Enough is really enough .

It has to stop somewhere , the rich of this country get richer and the poor , well fook them !

No I was not being a smart ass with my dole comments I genuinely want you to put up a link showing where I said anything of the sort. Now please do show me.

Valetta

Valetta wrote: »

As I said in another thread- I hope he spent his few hours waiting on treatment in A & E joining up the dots.

Totally avoidable incident coused wholly by Mr. O'Donovan.

He should be charged with wasting scarce public resources.

He's been treated and released.

Arthur Beesley

[Deleted User] wrote: »

He's been treated and released.

Treated to what though?

m31

evilivor wrote: »

Can they deduct it from dole?

How do you know this man is/was receiving any welfare payments ? At the time you posted your sly diggy remark , he was still in the hospital . Please god everyone is ok from the actions of everyone this morning .

Would be nice if we could have less snide " DOLE " comments thank you !

Nonoperational

There's an element of this protest that is rotten to the core. Fair play to the genuine ones, but looking at various social media some of the behaviour is sickening. The video going around of people walking around after the Labour candidate in Dublin is unpleasant viewing. Protesting about something doesn't give you the right to turn into a self-righteous scumbag.

geeksauce

m31 wrote: »

How do you know this man is/was receiving any welfare payments ? At the time you posted your sly diggy remark , he was still in the hospital . Please god everyone is ok from the actions of everyone this morning .

Would be nice if we could have less snide " DOLE " comments thank you !

Would also be nice if people making accusations could post evidence supporting said accusations.

ABajaninCork

m31 wrote: »

Yes ABajaninCork easy to laugh . Well done you . Do you work? Or are you a dole head ?

Not that it's any of your business, but no. I don't work. Neither am I a 'dole head' as you so eloquently put it. But I am on the dole.

However - this country is the only one I know of where you don't pay for water. The level of hysteria on this thread is amazing. Like it or not, the water charges are here, and they're staying here. Water has to be treated, and stored. The sewers need to be maintained. The pipes need to carry water to the taps need to be maintained. How do you expect to pay for all of that?

Having said that. What I don't want to see with the water rates is that money going to pay off the bankers, and the revenues raised should instead be used to maintain safe and healthy water supply. I don't want a repeat of the crap we went through in 2009, when we had no water at all for TWO WEEKS. I don't want to read of people in the west of the country unable to rely on safe drinking water, instead having to boil it for YEARS. That is unacceptable in a supposedly developed country. I don't see paying water rates as a show stopper having paid them at home in the UK - whether I had a job or not. Even in Barbados which is supposedly a developing country, they realise water has to treated, stored, maintained and PAID FOR.

That's why I had a quiet chuckle.

Valetta

Deleted User wrote: »

He's been treated and released.

At who's cost?

evilivor

Nonoperational wrote: »

There's an element of this protest that is rotten to the core. Fair play to the genuine ones, but looking at various social media some of the behaviour is sickening. The video going around of people walking around after the Labour candidate in Dublin is unpleasant viewing. Protesting about something doesn't give you the right to turn into a self-righteous scumbag.

What about the treatment of Phil Prendergast? She was walking through Cork city at the start of the month on the way to the Ciaran Lynch's father's funeral and was approached by a person who called her “Labour scum” before spitting phlegm in her eye.

m31

geeksauce wrote: »

Would also be nice if people making accusations could post evidence supporting said accusations.

Twice i have posted your "dole" comment . Pointed out to you .
Maybe you don't like that . I have made my point

To quote yourself

" Ignorance is bliss isn't it? "
End of discussion with you Bye now .

Cape Clear

Best thread on here in a long time! Keep those posts coming.

geeksauce

m31 wrote: »

Twice i have posted your "dole" comment . Pointed out to you .
Maybe you don't like that . I have made my point

To quote yourself

" Ignorance is bliss isn't it? "
End of discussion with you Bye now .

Where exactly have you posted it.

Are you ending the discussion because you can't post it because I never said any such thing?

Seriously time you posted up some evidence please. (3rd time asking now)

Arthur Beesley

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

Treated to what though?

A free ride in an ambulance, courtesy ot the very generous taxpayer.

Red Nissan

Deleted User wrote: »

A free ride in an ambulance, courtesy ot the very generous taxpayer.

I believe he shared his spin with an Irish Water worker too, who was also briefly hospitalised.

Cape Clear

evilivor wrote: »

What about the treatment of Phil Prendergast? She was walking through Cork city at the start of the month on the way to the Ciaran Lynch's father's funeral and was approached by a person who called her “Labour scum” before spitting phlegm in her eye.

Gross behaviour wouldn't wish it on anybody but it is a matter for the Gardaí but the politician in question had no problem milking it for all she could get in the media.

m31

ABajaninCork wrote: »

Not that it's any of your business, but no. I don't work. Neither am I a 'dole head' as you so eloquently put it. But I am on the dole.

However - this country is the only one I know of where you don't pay for water. The level of hysteria on this thread is amazing. Like it or not, the water charges are here, and they're staying here. Water has to be treated, and stored. The sewers need to be maintained. The pipes need to carry water to the taps need to be maintained. How do you expect to pay for all of that?

Having said that. What I don't want to see with the water rates is that money going to pay off the bankers, and the revenues raised should instead be used to maintain safe and healthy water supply. I don't want a repeat of the crap we went through in 2009, when we had no water at all for TWO WEEKS. I don't want to read of people in the west of the country unable to rely on safe drinking water, instead having to boil it for YEARS. That is unacceptable in a supposedly developed country. I don't see paying water rates as a show stopper having paid them at home in the UK - whether I had a job or not. Even in Barbados which is supposedly a developing country, they realise water has to treated, stored, maintained and PAID FOR.

That's why I had a quiet chuckle.

LoL , Someone asked earlier when is the next fun moon? Pure cloud cuckoo land stuff right there . Maybe you need to work like all the others are saying re " working " instead of being on the dole ABajaninCork .

ABajaninCork

What happened to Phil Prendergast was disgusting in the extreme. If that happened to me, I would've knocked the geezer spark out. I don't agree with her politics, but there's a right way and a wrong way to protest. Spitting in a lady's eye (big man indeed for doing that) ain't one of them.

You can protest. It is the right of every citizen in a democracy to do that in a peaceful manner. Acting like ignorant p****s isn't the way to do it. You've immediately lost the argument that way.

geeksauce

m31 wrote: »

LoL , Someone asked earlier when is the next fun moon? Pure cloud cuckoo land stuff right there . Maybe you need to work like all the others are saying re " working " instead of being on the dole ABajaninCork .

So no sign of that evidence yet then no? Just making stuff up are ya?

Never known anyone to lose their credibility here after 5 or 6 posts. That must be a new record.

ABajaninCork

m31 wrote: »

LoL , Someone asked earlier when is the next fun moon? Pure cloud cuckoo land stuff right there . Maybe you need to work like all the others are saying re " working " instead of being on the dole ABajaninCork .

And maybe you ought to knock off the offensive comments. Is your life so boring you've got to comment on my business? Grow up!

beer enigma

m31 wrote: »

LoL , Someone asked earlier when is the next fun moon? Pure cloud cuckoo land stuff right there . Maybe you need to work like all the others are saying re " working " instead of being on the dole ABajaninCork .

**Banned** for breach of forum charter - comments must be about a topic or post, not about a boards member.

evilivor

ABajaninCork wrote: »

What happened to Phil Prendergast was disgusting in the extreme. If that happened to me, I would've knocked the geezer spark out. I don't agree with her politics, but there's a right way and a wrong way to protest. Spitting in a lady's eye (big man indeed for doing that) ain't one of them.

You can protest. It is the right of every citizen in a democracy to do that in a peaceful manner. Acting like ignorant p****s isn't the way to do it. You've immediately lost the argument that way.

I agree wholeheartedly - I support the anti-water metering brigade's right to protest - I just don't support their right to stop people going about their jobs.

beer enigma

geeksauce wrote: »

So no sign of that evidence yet then no? Just making stuff up are ya?

Never known anyone to lose their credibility here after 5 or 6 posts. That must be a new record.

**Banned** for breach of forum charter - comments must be about a topic or post, not about a boards member.

beer enigma

Ok, this topic is getting a bit too hot, so please cool down.....cold water is good for that :rolleyes:

Please keep to topic, no comments about other members will be allowed & no abuse directed at either the person mentioned in this post or the Irish water workers please.

Red Nissan

Red Nissan wrote: »

I believe he shared his spin with an Irish Water worker too, who was also briefly hospitalised.

"Two hospitalised at water protest
An anti-water charge protester and an Irish Water contract worker were hospitalised for a time following a number of incidents at a housing estate in Cork this morning.
Protesters have been preventing Irish Water contract workers from installing water meters at the Ashbrook Heights estate in Togher in the city for the past eight days.
It is understood that workers arrived at the estate at 6.30am this morning to install meters.
Residents contacted members of an anti-water charge group who also went to the estate.
Tensions rose and gardaí attended the scene.
One of the workers was brought to hospital after an incident developed.
He received what is understood to have been a minor injury to his arm, but he was not detained in hospital.
An ambulance was called for one of the protesters shortly before 11am and he was taken to Cork University Hospital.
He was released from hospital after an assessment.
The man told RTÉ News he received a muscular injury."
http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0430/613899-water-charges/

TheChizler

The second I heard from RedFM that someone had been injured I turned to my friend and said, " I bet that was John now".

Interesting that he's so predictable! I'd love to see a video of what happened.

Nonoperational

Interesting listening on Newstalk. The plan to set up Irish Water as a private company is to allow it to self finance capital projects on the international markets. It should then be able to raise money for capital investment without needing State aid. This will allow investment which will reduce waste and improve efficiencies leading to large cost savings in supplying clean water.

Red Nissan

From above

Interesting listening on Newstalk. The plan to set up Irish Water as a private company is to allow it to self finance capital projects on the international markets. It should then be able to raise money for capital investment without needing State aid. This will allow investment which will reduce waste and improve efficiencies leading to large cost savings in supplying clean water.

.. to international companies and states in an innovative water for oil exchange with the Middle East ...

Chalk it down.

TheChizler

TheChizler wrote: »

The second I heard from RedFM that someone had been injured I turned to my friend and said, " I bet that was John now".

Interesting that he's so predictable! I'd love to see a video of what happened.

He was hit by a METEoRite....