Gangland Shootings part 4 - Read OP before posting - updated 30/12/23

Eyes1

giles lynchwood wrote: »

Ever since the red tops came to Ireland the standard of journalism dropped

I agree.

All the daft nicknames that most were given by said journos to make a story look a bit edgier.

Thinking of gangland nicknames how many can we think of?

The penguin
The wig
Mr Big
Mr Flashy
Fat Freddie
Cancer
Bop
Dots
The Viper
The General
The Monk

For starters

Eyes1

Paul_Crosby wrote: »

UDA shoot up house with shotguns and hit a grandmother in the head, she survived bt is in a bad way. Her son, the intended target got wounded. Accused of selling dodgy drugs that killed a girl who probably had loyalist relatives https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/10/07/news/uda-gun-attack-leaves-coleraine-woman-fighting-for-her-life-2090809/

3 women stabbed and another 2 fellas battered last night in S Belfast too.

Tinderbox up there right now

Im melting away

Eyes1 wrote: »

I agree.

All the daft nicknames that most were given by said journos to make a story look a bit edgier.

Thinking of gangland nicknames how many can we think of?

The penguin
The wig
Mr Big
Mr Flashy
Fat Freddie
Cancer
Bop
Dots
The Viper
The General
The Monk

For starters

Taliban brothers
The walrus
The milkman
The Colonel
Dapper don
The family

You do know that cancer was coined by the whistleblower, who said it came from people in and around Dublin.

Dots was by his own people.

The rest of the nicknames is because Ireland has some of the harshes defamation laws in the world, it's a way of naming them without naming them.

Eyes1

Im melting away wrote: »

Taliban brothers
The walrus
The milkman
The Colonel
Dapper don
The family

You do know that cancer was coined by the whistleblower, who said it came from people in and around Dublin.

Dots was by his own people.

The rest of the nicknames is because Ireland has some of the harshes defamation laws in the world, it's a way of naming them without naming them.

I know mate.

Making the point of the nicknames in general and yes I know how the law works

Eyes1

The Butcher (Arakas)
Belly (The Moroccan)

LastODC

Chocolate head, big
Squeaks, jok
The paedo, cg
The chin, rr
The handicap, bf
Lanky, en
Big papa, sl

Pinoy adventure

Fat puss
The ripper
King size
Buckets of blood -the whistle blower
The lips

grayzer75

Tinky Winky
Lala
Po

UUJ_Lad

Not strictly gangland....he bordered it at times.

The Border Fox was my favourite.

Eyes1

Pinoy adventure wrote: »

Fat puss

That one always cracks me up haha

SEPT 23 1989

Wobbly Boots

Eyes1

Limerick lads, journos or not have a few good ones.

Smokey Costello

Noddy McCarthy

'Fat' Frankie Ryan

Pitchfork McNamara

Kieran 'Rashers' Ryan

not yet

Anyone mention

The Phycho

The Don

The Panda

not yet

Pinoy adventure wrote: »

Fat puss
The ripper
King size
Buckets of blood -the whistle blower
The lips

This RB

Haladmirer

How much does a bar of green go for nowadays?out of curiosity
Not if you know someone but going rate
Used to be 2200
Any nicknames to do with fat is just mean
I always liked the name pitchfork and wondered which end of the pitchfork did he earn that name

Pinoy adventure

Haladmirer wrote: »

How much does a bar of green go for nowadays?out of curiosity
Not if you know someone but going rate
Used to be 2200
Any nicknames to do with fat is just mean
I always liked the name pitchfork and wondered which end of the pitchfork did he earn that name

2500-2700.
Wink wink

Pinoy adventure

not yet wrote: »

This RB

Yes.
You also had
Fit Freddie - when strung out on gear

Shamrock21

Niallof9 wrote: »

why where's he from?

Is this a rhetorical question? I've seen RL given a few addresses by the papers don't actually know for certain where he was originally from. I already know I was wrong to class it as "Coolock feud " which has been pointed out, as there is just so many different factions up there it would seem. Someone mentioned that they thought there would be reprisals fro E Boylans death , is there a reason behind this, was he heavily involved with somebody else? Either way it's all very sad , especially when a lot of these come from decent families and live a life this way. Isn't RL from a famous football family?

Joe Don Dante

Duckegg
Steaknife
The Wolf

john boye

Dinny the teaspoon

Suckit

Tosser

walshb

A 7 years sentence with 3 suspended for being in possession of 1.2 million euro worth of cocaine.

This country’s judicial system is an absolute disgrace..

No wonder these cartels can operate and flourish, when this is the type deterrent out there.

Give your poor sob story and you’ll get off with a slap on the wrist..

Justin Credible Darts

walshb wrote: »

A 7 years sentence with 3 suspended for being in possession of 1.2 million euro worth of cocaine.

This country’s judicial system is an absolute disgrace..

No wonder these cartels can operate and flourish, when this is the type deterrent out there.

Give your poor sob story and you’ll get off with a slap on the wrist..

probably be lucky to do 3 inside, with remission, over crowding etc.

walshb

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

probably be lucky to do 3 inside, with remission, over crowding etc.

Yep.. 2.5 years all going well

Justin Credible Darts

In this country if you owed the bank a thousand pound, the bank would take you to court.

If you owed the bank 5million they would take you to dinner.

Different laws for different people.

Pinoy adventure

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

In this country if you owed the bank a thousand pound, the bank would take you to court.

If you owed the bank 5million they would take you to dinner.

Different laws for different people.

A bank loan can take 30 years too pay off.
If you rob a bank your released after 10 years.
Now where is the justice

PLATOBONG

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john boye wrote: »

Dinny the teaspoon

For Forks Sake

Eyes1 wrote: »

I agree.

All the daft nicknames that most were given by said journos to make a story look a bit edgier.

Thinking of gangland nicknames how many can we think of?

The penguin
The wig
Mr Big
Mr Flashy
Fat Freddie
Cancer
Bop
Dots
The Viper
The General
The Monk

For starters

You can thank Paul "The Bollix" Williams for that trend

MickyPearse

Shamrock21 wrote: »

Is this a rhetorical question? I've seen RL given a few addresses by the papers don't actually know for certain where he was originally from. I already know I was wrong to class it as "Coolock feud " which has been pointed out, as there is just so many different factions up there it would seem. Someone mentioned that they thought there would be reprisals fro E Boylans death , is there a reason behind this, was he heavily involved with somebody else? Either way it's all very sad , especially when a lot of these come from decent families and live a life this way. Isn't RL from a famous football family?

What football family? Hadn't heard that one before.

Thesiger

Wasn’t there a lad referred to by Williams as “Herman the Vermin” from Corduff?