1,000 marchers march against Gardai in Castlerea, Roscommon

gctest50

TCM wrote: »

Ohh, that's a realy witty retort.
By the way, the march was on a Sunday.

They just went for a stroll after mass
0% effort job

Same as this lad :

King of Kings

gctest50 wrote: »

Except when the local priest was at the alter boys.
Then they don't

Well look at you!!

Undeterred that your first dig at the protesters left you looking stupid...here you back at a 2nd attempt.
God loves a trier.

nice_guy80

Assetbacked wrote: »

The town hasn't been this united since the campaign against gay marriage.

wow.
I thought the country had moved on from that one

Plumbthedepths

Ray Bloody Purchase wrote:

Rousing the rabble so that he can continue collecting the big pay cheque over in Europe.

Nothing like a bit of whataboutery.

Plumbthedepths

gctest50 wrote:

They just went for a stroll after mass 0% effort job

Scarlett for ya.

green123

So many posts but still nobody has explained the real reasons behind this.

Cant just be that one single minor incident described above.

Can someone please explain more ?

Ronan|Raven

green123 wrote: »

So many posts but still nobody has explained the real reasons behind this.

Cant just be that one single minor incident described above.

Can someone please explain more ?

It is and one of the lads is very badly injured.

Ray Bloody Purchase

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Nothing like a bit of whataboutery.

Scarlett for his supporters.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/two-irish-meps-have-worst-voting-record-in-parliament-1.2037668

Franz Von Peppercorn

gctest50 wrote: »

Except when the local priest was at the alter boys.
Then they don't

Don’t look at this ->

<- look at that. That thing that happened years ago.

Anyway i dont know much about this place but am
inclined to believe something is up.

The use of the term dissidents is interesting.

Franz Von Peppercorn

gctest50 wrote: »

They just went for a stroll after mass
0% effort job

Same as this lad :

Wtf are you even talking about right now?

johnnyskeleton

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

You're confused about what this thread is about.


Anyway, if people won't leave the banks house, all that's left is to drag them out.

As for not knowing the back story, sure when is that required before having a rant?

Is this not about Castlerea? The bank repossession is a completely different story in a completely different town in Roscommon, no?

Guy:Incognito

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Another thread on this, really?

Although the numbers have gone up to 4 figure now since the march. The lore is building.

There's a picture in the Irish Times link if you want to have a look.

Franz Von Peppercorn

The gardai weren’t accused of brutality in the house repossession. Just not doing anything afaik.

Plumbthedepths

Ray Bloody Purchase wrote:

Scarlett for his supporters.

An article from 2014? lol.

StupidLikeAFox

Ray Bloody Purchase wrote: »

Scarlett for his supporters.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/two-irish-meps-have-worst-voting-record-in-parliament-1.2037668

Thats from 4 years ago - Ming Flanagan is currently third best of the Irish MEPs for voting (Brian Crowley still doesn't give ****):
https://www.votewatch.eu/en/term8-voting-statistics.html#/#18/0/2014-07-01/2018-08-01//

Pintman Paddy Losty

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

An article from 2014? lol.

Its a valid point. The lad probably ends up over in europe off his tits on hash and missed more than 80% of the votes as a result.

Ray Bloody Purchase

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Its a valid point. The lad probably ends up over in europe off his tits on hash and missed more than 80% of the votes as a result.

'Monged' the Merciless.

Plumbthedepths

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote:

Its a valid point. The lad probably ends up over in europe off his tits on hash and missed more than 80% of the votes as a result.

It's not, Ming's reasons were explained. At the moment he has one of the better attendance records

Ray Bloody Purchase

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

It's not, Ming's reasons were explained. At the moment he has one of the better attendance records

And his reason was:

'Ultimately for me, my family comes first. I think that’s the way society should be structured anyway'

I wish i could not bother my hole going to work because i wanted to put my family first. :rolleyes:

Plumbthedepths

Ray Bloody Purchase wrote:

I wish i could not bother my hole going to work because i wanted to put my family first.

Your article was from 4 years ago, anything current?

Ray Bloody Purchase

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Your article was from 4 years ago, anything current?

Are you smoking dope too?? The point stands, hombre.

Plumbthedepths

Ray Bloody Purchase wrote:

Are you smoking dope too?? The point stands, hombre.

It doesn't, your point is four years out of date. Try harder lad.

daheff

pearcider wrote: »

our unelected Taoiseach is busy tweeting on nights out with celebs.

Pretty sure he is an elected TD by the people, and elected Taoiseach by the peoples representatives (TDs)....not that he just wandered over to the Dail one day and said hes gonna be the new guy in charge.

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Anyway, if people won't leave the banks house, all that's left is to drag them out.

Sure....but surely this should be carried out by law enforcement officials rather than extra-judicial 'heavies'??

nice_guy80

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

An article from 2014? lol.

Its a valid point. The lad probably ends up over in europe off his tits on hash and missed more than 80% of the votes as a result.

One of his family was ill

ollkiller

Ming's wife wasn't well in 2014 and stayed at home to mind his children. What a bad bad man. Very good voting record now. Whataboutery Level 2.

As regards the topic seeing as it hasn't been explained properly you can't really know what went on but for the size of the crowd that turned out i'd hazard a guess the garda wasn't well liked.

flas

Ray Bloody Purchase wrote: »

And his reason was:

'Ultimately for me, my family comes first. I think that’s the way society should be structured anyway'

I wish i could not bother my hole going to work because i wanted to put my family first. :rolleyes:

If your wife is seriously ill, and your job won't give you time off to mind your children then your job is sh1te and is nothing to brag about...

JohnnyFlash

Ming is a bit of a hero to malcontents and those in a permanent state of dissatisfaction with life in general. Shipping him off to Brussels with his collection of scratchy wool jumpers was one of the best things the electorate ever did.

Chiparus

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

I'll bet they all marched after reading about the "news" on Facebook.

Says the guy posting on boards.ie

Plumbthedepths

JohnnyFlash wrote:

Ming is a bit of a hero to malcontents and those in a permanent state of dissatisfaction with life in general. Shipping him off to Brussels with his collection of scratchy wool jumpers was one of the best things the electorate ever did.

The pint man will be along soon to agree with you I presume?

Church on Tuesday

gctest50 wrote: »

Great they could all get the day off at such short notice

Trust me there aint much work in rural Roscommon.

Arghus

Thanks After Hours for teaching me absolutely nothing useful about the story.

monster1

The march was just as much about the news stories the mirror and the likes ran "garda fought for his life"

pearcider

daheff wrote: »

Pretty sure he is an elected TD by the people, and elected Taoiseach by the peoples representatives (TDs)....not that he just wandered over to the Dail one day and said hes gonna be the new guy in

He wasn’t elected Taoiseach by the people. He didn’t lead his party to victory and never will. The guy is a sleaze. Only cares about photo ops. I remember he was with Joan Burton to open a new school in a socially deprived area. She was so gracious compared to him while he sulked on his phone until the time came for photos whereupon he jumped up and put his fake smile on. He’s so fake. Can’t stand him.

nice_guy80

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Ming is a bit of a hero to malcontents and those in a permanent state of dissatisfaction with life in general. Shipping him off to Brussels with his collection of scratchy wool jumpers was one of the best things the electorate ever did.

Was elected first in his constituency in one Oireachtas election and topped one European election vote
Must be doing something right

Fann Linn

Ronan Raven and Shotgun Dave have it right. In a nutshell, two innocent men, one actually a relative of the burglary victim were battered by a Garda who went 'robocop'. One lad very badly injured.
Allegedly 'robocop' has signed himself in suffering from 'mental breakdown'.

What isn't in dispute by almost all in Castlerea is that these men are innocent.

rossie1977

As someone from the area maybe I should explain what happened from what I have been told.

A small shop was robbed in the town last week so the gardai were on the look-out throughout the town for the culprit(s). At around 1am they stopped two local men who they suspected of being the suspects.

One of the men was returning home from his birthday party, the other was actually the nephew of the shop owner. Obviously a scuffle or argument broke out and the two men were badly beaten up by the Gardai. The man whose birthday it was has been in and out of hospital since with seizures and has been told he will never drive again..he worked as a bus driver.

<snip>

James Brown

gctest50 wrote: »

Exactly, they just went for a stroll after mass.

Didn't really give up anything now did they ?

Make up your mind. Is it they are work shy or not as invested as you'd like?
What would you have them do for your approval?

Hedgehod55

rossie1977 wrote: »

As someone from the area maybe I should explain what happened from what I have been told.

A small shop was robbed in the town last week so the gardai were on the look-out throughout the town for the culprit(s). At around 1am they stopped two local men who they suspected of being the suspects.

One of the men was returning home from his birthday party, the other was actually the nephew of the shop owner. Obviously a scuffle or argument broke out and the two men were badly beaten up by the Gardai. The man whose birthday it was has been in and out of hospital since with seizures and has been told he will never drive again..he worked as a bus driver.

<snip>

I registered to post the same thing. The man suffering from seizures also has two broken jaws from what I have heard. The other man (the shop owner's relative) was also badly beaten, I have seen first-hand evidence of this.

These men are harmless and are well-liked and respected in the community. The march was also in support of these two men - it was not a march against the Gardai as has been reported. Obviously there is some overlap as people are disgusted by this Garda's actions, but there is a distinction.

The people who marched are ordinary, decent people who wanted to show support to two members of the community. There's more information that I won't get into but I have no doubt that these two men did not deserve what happened to them. Posters taking shots at people for being from rural areas in order to validate their own superiority should take a long look at themselves.

Ronan|Raven

rossie1977 wrote: »

since with seizures and has been told he will never drive again..he worked as a bus driver.

🙠That is awful. A decent bus driver too. Know him for years from back home there.

Church on Tuesday

Hedgehod55 wrote: »

I registered to post the same thing. The man suffering from seizures also has two broken jaws from what I have heard. The other man (the shop owner's relative) was also badly beaten, I have seen first-hand evidence of this.

These men are harmless and are well-liked and respected in the community. The march was also in support of these two men - it was not a march against the Gardai as has been reported. Obviously there is some overlap as people are disgusted by this Garda's actions, but there is a distinction.

The people who marched are ordinary, decent people who wanted to show support to two members of the community. There's more information that I won't get into but I have no doubt that these two men did not deserve what happened to them. Posters taking shots at people for being from rural areas in order to validate their own superiority should take a long look at themselves.

That is absolutely shocking.

Fair play to the people who marched to raise awareness of this.

I take back my earlier blithe comment.

irishguitarlad

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Ming is a bit of a hero to malcontents and those in a permanent state of dissatisfaction with life in general. Shipping him off to Brussels with his collection of scratchy wool jumpers was one of the best things the electorate ever did.

You were so much funnier when you were talking about sex and the like.

manofwisdom

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

That is absolutely shocking.

Fair play to the people who marched to raise awareness of this.

I take back my earlier blithe comment.

Yes fair play to them indeed. A few more need to take back their comments especially the 2nd post on this thread from GarIT.

James Brown

It's a real comment on the way society is headed that you had to add 'ordinary decent people'. Things are gone the way now that if you're protesting something some people automatically assume you're neither normal, nor decent. It's the people out marching got us the rights some take for granted.

Hedgehod55

Matt Barrett wrote: »

It's a real comment on the way society is headed that you had to add 'ordinary decent people'. Things are gone the way now that if you're protesting something some people automatically assume you're neither normal, nor decent. It's the people out marching got us the rights some take for granted.

Indeed. You have the likes of seamus on page 2 suggesting that rural communities are easily riled up without the facts. The irony is lost on him as he's the one that hasn't the slightest clue about this incident but still had the arrogance to think he knows it all. And brings in a completely unrelated event from Kerry ten years ago to back up his point.

Mrsmum

Hedgehod55 wrote: »

Indeed. You have the likes of seamus on page 2 suggesting that rural communities are easily riled up without the facts. The irony is lost on him as he's the one that hasn't the slightest clue about this incident but still had the arrogance to think he knows it all. And brings in a completely unrelated event from Kerry ten years ago to back up his point.

Your posts have made him and others look like total ignorant fools.

klaaaz

Matt Barrett wrote: »

It's a real comment on the way society is headed that you had to add 'ordinary decent people'. Things are gone the way now that if you're protesting something some people automatically assume you're neither normal, nor decent. It's the people out marching got us the rights some take for granted.

It's a classic tactic by the ruling parties FFG and their supporters in suppressing dissent. Alot of the media is in the hands of a certain billionaire who is a friend of certain politicians. They can't control social media like they do with the traditional media.

Muahahaha

Thats some pretty serious stuff there. When I read that there was 500+ protesting in a small rural town I knew something was amiss. People in Ireland are respectful of the job Gardai do so for the entire town to come out and protest against them shows a level of anger for what happened the injured men.

pearcider

klaaaz wrote: »

It's a classic tactic by the ruling parties FFG and their supporters in suppressing dissent. Alot of the media is in the hands of a certain billionaire who is a friend of certain politicians. They can't control social media like they do with the traditional media.

A lot of dissenting comments are immediately deleted on this website and similar ones. You won’t get far appealing to the moderators either. They know what side their bread is buttered on. Certain views are promoted and others are sidelined and suppressed. It’s obvious that governments would wish to control the narrative online just as they do in the established media. Google, Facebook and YouTube have all admitted they do the same generally suppressing conservative opinion and promoting liberal agendas. Hollywood has been doing it since the 50s.

King of Kings

Hedgehod55 wrote: »

Indeed. You have the likes of seamus on page 2 suggesting that rural communities are easily riled up without the facts. The irony is lost on him as he's the one that hasn't the slightest clue about this incident but still had the arrogance to think he knows it all. And brings in a completely unrelated event from Kerry ten years ago to back up his point.

Dont be too hard on seamus he appears to suffer from a complusion where he absolutely must comment on every thread.
It must be a terrible affliction.

rossie1977

I don't think people should take the comments posted in AH too seriously as most people post tongue in cheek in this section.

I will add that the Gardai and the local population of Castlerea and surrounding area have always had an excellent relationship. The murders of John Morley and Henry Byrne by the INLA is something that the town won't ever forget. So it's not a rural population rising up against law enforcement as one poster put it.