Tralee thread

Saw the piece about them on the 6.1 news. The amount of armed Gardai was a bit surprising, you'd wonder is there a legitimate threat on their lives from that Mexican cartel. That armed Garda presence was definitely not just there to keep back a few nosey locals

Drugs are destroying families all over the country and the world in this case -think of all those murdererd or who have committed suicide over drug debts

Perhaps people should be reminded that people are innocent until proven guilty? 😛

If crystal meth gets hold in a community, that community becomes ravaged with crime.

For an "upstanding" citizen to be arrested in connection with such a massive haul of crystal meth, even if it was being transported to another country, simply sends shivers up the spine of many.

And you can be fairly certain it's not his first time.

That's cos winning the all Ireland is a regular occurrence 😂 Im actually a Dub. We win our fair share as well. 😁

I haven't an ounce of sympathy for either of these **** or the McDonnells and Ballyseedy. I feel very sorry for the staff who will no doubt have no jobs shortly when CAB roll in. The comments on the fb page are from utter imbeciles imo. Referring to it as a mistake and an inconvenience. You don't end up minding 30 mil of meth by mistake and nobody is going to trust someone who hasn't proven their worth with that much drugs. Not his first rodeo I'd hazard a guess. I'll never darken the door of that place again as long as the current owners are connected. You'd have to wonder how the significant expansion was funded. Also come one it's VERY unlikely no other family members were aware or dodgy accountants etc. You don't do an operation that size alone. People must be completely thick. And that c u next Tuesday posting on LinkedIn at the tidy towns as a community pillar.....throw away the key quickly on both of them.

This. The poor people in Mexico and South America that you don't hear much about, are brutalized by these gangs into working for them. Entire villages and towns are virtual slave stations. All to satisfy a want from some dissipated Westerner for a cheap thrill. And these gangs are beyond hideous, what they get up to is beyond horrible. Just recently, one cartel came up with an equivalent of the Nigeria 419 scam - the emails that tell you send 10,000 to this exiled prince and he'll share 10 million with you. The latest version is, "we're a firm in Mexico that will help you sell your valueless timeshare. Just send us ..." The cartels required fluent speakers of English as this scam was all phone based.

Well, at some point, some of the workers (who were fluent in English, mind, but couldn't get good jobs in Mx or were prevented by the cartels) quit. The cartels didn't like that and made examples of a bunch of them - they hacked them up and left body parts in plastic bags.

That's who is doing business with the CEO of Ballyseedy garden centre.

stealtech sheds must have got the heads up from the shades ,all the sheds for sale were removed before the garda raid

Outside of this large Garden centre what other types of Businsses has this geezer got ?

There must be four or five garden centres / cafes around Munster. A lot of expansion recently and one opening in newcastlewest also. A burger place too. God knows what else. I just absolutely do not believe there wasn't a significant enough number of people that had knowledge etc. given thr scale of it all. The statement from ballyseedy was pathetic. I do sympathise if certain family members were unaware but a number if people absolutely had knowledge of this. I'd seriously question anyone who goes there this weekend if they are open. It sickens me to my core that Iv been a customer. I'm honestly stunned at some of the fb comments....its like some people genuinely don't understand the serious nature of it. I'm very happy to go without my scone. The staff are the main losers from it all. I hope they get alternative work ASAP as even if they are trading for the moment it won't last going on what's rumoured to come.

Chances are they'll have a very busy weekend.

From people who's just having a nose.

Then there's people who want to support the workers/innocent family.(I don't know the set up of who's involved.)

Some people don't reliese the seriousnes of it and just sees Nathan as a naughty little boy. It's hard to tell of their nieve or ignorant.

I might as well ask the question.

Are the family/himself liked?

Was it a shock to the local? I think we've all heard of a business that has questionable finances.