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Updated 6.45pm
WELL-KNOWN PILOT Dara Fitzpatrick has been named as the first casualty of this morning’s rescue helicopter crash.
Gerard O’Flynn, a spokesperson for the Coast Guard, confirmed her death to reporters at Blacksod in Mayo this afternoon.
She was recovered from the water in a critical condition at first light today, hours after Rescue 116 disappeared. She was later pronounced dead.
O’Flynn said it is a “difficult time” for her company CHC Helicopter and the Coast Guard.
“Dara is the most senior pilot with CHC – with the company close to 20 years,” he told reporters.
“Outside of her work as a pilot, she did an enormous amount of work in water safety and was always available to do school visits and highlight basic water safety.
“For all of us involved in the Coast Guard, and particularly her family, it does come as a big shock and we want to extend our sincere sympathies to her sympathy to all her family and indeed to her flying colleagues at CHC.”
Captain Fitzpatrick’s sister, psychologist and Today FM agony aunt Niamh Fitzpatrick, said the family are devastated by the loss of her “brave sister”, asking on Twitter for prayers for the other crew members of Rescue 116.
A search operation for the three men is ongoing. The Coast Guard helicopters on scene off the Mayo coast are being assisted in their search by the Air Corps Casa, RNLI boats, the Naval Services’s LE Róisín, garda divers and local fishing vessels.
History maker
Fitzpatrick began flying in 1990 and started working in search and rescue in March 1993, moving from Shannon to Waterford after almost 10 years.
In 2013, she was part of the Coast Guard’s first ever all-female mission alongside her co-pilot Carmel Kirby.
“I first went up in a helicopter when I was about 18 and was immediately sold on it – I thought it was the business. And that, pretty much, was it,” she told the Munster Express in 2009.
In a video made for students by the Irish Bishops’ Conference in 2008, she discussed her love for the job, as well as the difficulties it brings.
Fitzpatrick was also filmed for a RTÉ documentary series on Rescue 117 which saw her crew followed for six months. At the time, the filmmakers described her as “one of only a handful of female civilian rescue pilots in the world”.
She is survived by her family and three-year-old son.
President Michael D Higgins described today is a dark one in the history of Garda Cósta na hÉireann.
“On behalf of the people of Ireland, may I pay tribute to Captain Dara Fitzpatrick who died today,” he said in a statement.
“We are grateful for the courage, resolution and exemplary commitment to the aims of the Coast Guard that Captain Fitzpatrick and her colleagues have consistently displayed.
My thoughts are with her family at this difficult moment and also with the families of the missing crew.
“It is appropriate that we acknowledge and pay tribute to the efforts of her colleagues at the Coast Guard who have been working at a time, which must be for them, a time of great grief and uncertainty.”
With reporting from Paul Hosford in Blacksod, Mayo and Michelle Hennessy
They know enough holes in bogs to avoid this carry on.
Sinn Fein is not and never was in the refuse business, but we will neither condone or condemn the people involved in the illegal dumping business because there is an ongoing conflict. Gerry was never a member of the refuse truck crew and knows nothing about illegal dumping of refuse or bodies.
Since he’s getting the blame for homelessness and everything else why not.
Ah no Paul it’s not SFs fault. The fault lies with FF, FG, Liebor, DUP, the British, the Independent, all other totally biased media (not including An Poblachta of course),Maria Cahill and Austin Stack. I’m sure I’ve forgotten a few.
I think FF and FG are behind this. You know the way SF were doing really really well in the polls….. O hang on..
There was a Sinn Fein activist seeing shopping in Tesco’s, shortly after there was a trolley abandoned in the car park quick ring the journal, RTE is busy investigating a suspicious package under a shinners Christmas tree….
This is literally the filth politics ive heard them opining about..
@Hugh Mannatee: Yawn this dirty politics is getting boring
@Charlie Wrex: This whole conspiracy theory that “Oh an election is coming and Sinn Fein are going to win so the media etc.. etc..” is absolute rubbish. Sinn Fein are polling 17%, they polled 25% at one stage before the last election and got 14% in the GE. Sinn Fein are stagnated in the polls and are going nowhere
Complety agree Kevin. It was 13.8% though. long may it decline!
Very hard to maintain credibility when the mask keeps slipping off and exposing the deep seated scars !
Election coming 100%
Jammin will be along in a minute to defend Sinn Fein (and accuse someone of manipulating green thumbs!)
@GCLPhD: They usually do in a democracy.
@Peadar Ó Gréacháin: You do realise what an incredible accusation that is to make? You being an active member and that. What evidence have you produce to the Gardai?
Peader, that’s excellent! It’s MM fault of course. Haha.
Thats a bold statement – you have proof?
@GCLPhD: No Proof of course. Just directed by SF HQ to throw out wild conspiracy theories while the obvious evidence-based theories are ignored.
@ Kevin, the same evidence you have produced here that Sinn Fein dumped materials with there name all over it, surely your commander-in-chief rubber lips can come up with something better than this….
@Kevin Higgins…….Do you realize how silly you sound Kevin – are you the best your party has?
@Hugh Mannatee:……..get a life will ye…what age are you?
@Peadar Ó Gréacháin: I never said Sinn Fein dumped materials. I said the material obviously belonging to Sinn Fein came from Brian Stanleys campaign, the fact his campaign cleaned it up suggests they themselves don;t feel the leaflets were forged. Pretty obvious this act of dumping spanned from the campaign team. Your claim has no basis to it whatsoever & its actually slanderous against FF, libel in fact if you were to produce a name
@Kevin Higgins: I am not here representing my party, I am concerned about dumping which has cost my constituency millions over the years. Call me an environmentalist
@MaryLou(ny)McDonald: why are people not laughing at your stupid attempt at humour?
Don’t be silly Peadar, Sf dumped their own printed material and the ever dependable Journal is there to bring us the scoop. You have to respect the intellectual prowess of the writers at the journal, they really know a good story when they see it. Now folks, check the register…
Who’s not laughing at Mary loos joke?
Everybody. Anthony Pettis missed weight by 3lbs today. Still waiting for the journal story blaming SF and Gerry Adams for this.
So SF posters are dumped and we are expected to look everywhere for the culprit except at SF. You couldn’t make it up.
That one will be in the Indo GCL
@jane: So during a week when we have revelations about the central bank and government knowing full well about what led to the bank collapse, and they did nothing. Then last night’s program about the gifting of more resources to all comers, oil, gas, and fish,and nothing is seen or heard about these scandals in any MSM. But lots of anti SF and GA gutter journalism.
These revelations should be headline news, not the fake news we’re being fed.
Johnathan sugarman?
Atlantic giveaway? Billllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllions oh sure dumping is more important fooking in mature journalism waste of time.
@Hugh Mannatee: ff fg have plenty of holes they dont want opened as well mary boyle being just one.
Ff might know something about this http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/news-opinion/its-time-those-who-know-9416741
If its so terrible, surely you’d be better advised to haunt some other free news site Bobby – alternatively, you could do your own research and publish your own “mature journalism” on a blog. Maybe even ask a publication (of your choice) if theyll publish your balanced, exhaustively researched, investigative opus… Seems better than spamming nearly every article here today, no?
@Jane: No you are expected to look only at SF. We do not expect nuances from the Journal or yourself…
@Kevin Higgins:what proof do you need, there is plenty of shit being thrown at sf in the hope it will stick it is as obvious as day will follow night that it is a set up, can you seriously believe any party would leave a trail as obvious as this, wake up and smell the shit being thrown by fg/ff/lab and some indos….
@Charlie Wrex: Feeling a bit butt hurt, are you Charlie. A bit of real news bothers you.
Lol. Agghh you got me! Strangely enough, I’ve looked up other sites/sources regarding the banking shite and the oil and fishing fiasco. Just because its not published here isnt the end of the world. I think its because shinnerbots are so used to being spoonfed in an echo chamber, that when their information teat is withdrawn they get panicky. They need to calm reassurance of similar minded oafs belching the same lines to settle into the mogadon comfort of groupthink. :)
Dave are you not capable of digesting more than one news story at a time? If this was about any other party or politician SF supporters would be all over it like flies on shite. Ye are such a bunch of barefaced hypocrites. It’s staggering.
@jane: There’s important news and there’s sensationalist gutter journalism that serves a political purpose, that’s it’s sole function.
The important news is that, that has effected the lives of every family in the country, in the most negative manner possible. What the real news tells us, is who is responsible for this. Responsible for the decimated lives, the strangling debt imposed, the homelessness, the suicides, the crumbling health service, the unaffordable drugs, the crippling taxes, the worthless wages, the reduction of services, the total cutting out of some. The country’s resources that benefits other nations and people’s.Resources that never belonged to any party or politician. But sold off none the less.
And those responsible, live lives that ordinary people can only imagine, never dream about.
That should be headline news, should demand investigation. What do we get instead? People and situations used as political footballs.
And you try to point the finger of hypocrisy.
The funny thing if it wasn’t so serious is that you couldn’t actually make this up if the media actually wanted to. The members of the Sinn Fein party are not the brightest bunch of lads. Can’t even do dump without being caught.
Your an idiot.
Jane…another idiot.
If they know it wasn’t a Sinn Fein member who dumped them wouldn’t that suggest that they know who did dump them. Either that or they have just gone straight to denial mode as usual!
@nialls: They may do, there is a distinction between member and former member though.
@Brendan Luke Ferron: The environment minister’s leaflets are pictures above. not 1 but a full box of leaflets, someone in his campaign knows who did this.
@Kevin Higgins: As a councillor yourself Brendan you know well 1000 leaflets don’t just disappear like magic
@Kevin Higgins: As I say you can’t control what former members do, there is a very good chance that is who is responsible for this. As a Cllr I would have had loads of election materials stored in my own house from time to time.
@Kevin Higgins: It looks about 100 – 150 – trifold leaflets to me by the way. Many people involved in canvassing an area would have that left over after a drop.
Former members – LOL! It’s Schrodinger’s Provo again, isn’t it? It can’t be determined whether any individual is a member of Sinn Fein or an unconnected Good Republican, until one of these things becomes embarrassing and the waveform collapses.
@Brendan Luke Ferron: Brendan a crime has been committed here. Dumping is illegal just to let you know. Sinn Fein have branches which manage canvassing campaigns where everyone gives their name, number and email for organisational purposes. To suggest Sinn Fein doesn’t know or have a clear idea as to who did this is laughable.
I don’t care whether 2 people or 20 canvassed with the environmental spokesperson during his GE campaign, its going to be obvious who got handed hundreds of leafets & never handed any of them out. normal canvassers gets handed bundles of leafets, usually only organisers get the boxes!
Schrodingers Provo, brilliant!
@Brendan Luke Ferron: Let me ask you this Brendan. When a companies leaflets get found dumped the company gets fined & the employee is generally sacked/brought to court. Why should Sinn Fein be treated any differently?
@Kevin Higgins: In fairness having been the Director of elections for several candidates for Sinn Fein I think I know a wee bit more how we do things than your self. As for the rest of the nonsense, listen if this was any other party it wouldn’t even warrant a story. As for 1000′s of leaflets, its about 100 to 150 of a trifold leaflet I think was used in 2014 judging by the design, and a few from a candidate who last ran in 2011. I doubt its a recent event at all, I would say it happened quite sometime back but the person who took the picture sent it on now.
“I would say it happened some time back….”
Of course.
An anti Sinn Fein conspiracy.
Naturally.
@Brendan Luke Ferron: Brendan you can divert Sinn Fein’s responsibility here all you like. Fact is the local Branch & Brian’s campaign know exactly who got that box of leaflets. So either Sinn Fein know who did this or they know where to direct the Gardai.
Nobody said 1000′s of leaflets, nobody questioned your knowledge of how branches operate & nobody is asking you about when this happened.
@Kevin Higgins: Okay, its getting a bit boring at this stage – listen I am off to my Christmas Party – then I am off to a function for H.O.P.E. Suicide Support group in The Dragon Tallaght Village at about 10pm – monster raffle. It promises to be a great night – tickets only €5.00. If you want to continue the debate drop up for a pint – the first one is one me! Sine e.
@Brendan Luke Ferron: I don’t drink Brendan nor do I condone the dumping of my politcal parties leaflets. I can happily say if the Social Democrats ever got in the same situation as Sinn Fein we would get to the bottom of it rather than trying to distort and distract like you are. Unlike many politicians I am off to work tonight, slan.
Sure you’re two great lads altogether… and what ever happened to the old adage – “its amazing what can be conquered when you don’t care who gets the credit”
@Kevin Higgins: You may not drink, but you definitely need to get out more.
No Nialls you’re right, it was a SF member who dumped them actually, it’s their new strategy to win over the hearts and minds of the nation. Or perhaps they dumped them out of pure recklessness or stupidity not realising the standard of investigative reporting that the Journal produces.
@Chimminz: journal reporting ah your havin a laugh.The journal is officially the establishments mouth piece just like the rag independent .
Brendan you are digging a hole for yourself now. Best say no more about the SF littering.
Removing just the SF propaganda and not clearing up the rest of the rubbish just speaks volumes about the type of party SF is.
In fairness you’d need proper equipment to clean up that mess.
@Mr Phil Officer: But you can’t clean up the SF mess without proper equipment & you pretty much need to separate the rubbish if you only want to clean the sinn fein rubbish
A few black plastic bags would suffice to put the litter in. Don’t try to defend the indefensible
Did you look at the picture Nick, a few plastic bags wouldn’t be enough to shift that.
How you can try and defend them doing that is unbelievable
Calm down Nick, all I see is a pile of thrash, nobody knows who dumped it, with the filth politics going on this week I would have an open mind as to what may have happened, I hope whoever did dump it is fined.
Phil
I don’t know who dumped it and nor would I expect it was SF. That is not the point. The point is they went up there and picked out the SF branded rubbish and left the test there. This is a pathetic excuse of a party that would do that
Quick, clear up the glossy paper with fingerprints… Nothing to see here.
@Nick Allen: ….what party are you pushing Nick?
You’re right phil. it’s not like they killed a prison officer.
@Fiona Fitzgerald…….do you actually think that comment was funny Fiona?….You do realize you have more than one brain cell don’t you, and it’s OK to use the others.
@Patrick Gough: Goon one Paddy
@Tommy Doran: Good one Paddy!
@Tommy Doran: now which one of the failed parties do you belong to Tommy?
@Pádraig Ó Braonáin: No interest whatsoever in Politics Padraig and you?
@Tommy Doran: Oh sorry…you must be on here only because of your concern for the environment – good man……. To answer your question, I was once a member of Sinn Féin, but not active due to retirement….however, I think I’ll re-join them again and try to save this country from going down the tube..
Padraic
I am not pushing any party. I wouldn’t trust SF, AAA have idiotic fiscal policies, FG & FF don’t have the leadership nor skills to do any thing too worthwhile although FG appear to be getting the economy back on track but I feel that is more circumstance than planning. Unfortunately I don’t think the Irish political system offers any worthy parties or candidates
Your right too Patrick, the Stack brothers deserve answers, I think their case should be the first one examined by an internationally recognised truth commission.
“Sinn Féin members cleaned up the Sinn Féin material that was dumped there.”
What? You mean to say they didn’t bother to clean up the other rubbish mixed in? No wonder their environmental policy is weak
If my rubbish was dumped illegally I would be held responsible,it’s up to everyone to make sure that their contractors are legit.
@Liam Dempsey: Exactly, the company I work for would be fined if their marketing literature was found dumped. Equally whoever dumped them would be breaking the law.
Sinn Fein are responsible for this
I saw a coco pops box there. Was anyone onto kellogs for a comment?
@Conor Heffernan: Coco pops are sold to retails outlets then purchased by consumers. ownership of leaflets lies with the consumers and as such the consumer is dumping here not Kellogs. Unless Sinn Fein sell leaflets your diverting comment is pointless
Go back to sleep Conor.
No SF are not responsible. This was an unsanctioned dumping.
You’re missing the point. Just cuz someone’s logo is on the material doesn’t mean that they dumped them. Anyone that had access could have dumped these. That includes the material printers, party members or waste collectors.
@Conor Heffernan: & You missed the point ive made a dozen times on this article. If a councillor (Brian Stanley) prints thousands of leaflets he gives them to his canvassing team. So a member of this team either dumped the box or gave it to someone who did.
To suggest Sinn Fein don’t or wont know who did this is laughable. I am not saying Fine Sinn Fein or anything like that but I want justice so dumping can be prevented in the future
Kevin Higgins. Do you have evidence a member of Sinn Fein dumped this literature???
@ray.farrelly: No nor am I claiming they did, I am saying Sinn Fein (Specifically Stanley & his campaign team) know who did this.
Sinn Fein removed all Sinn Fein materials …. and no doubt any evidence of the dumper, like name and address written on anything.
They were more worried about the latter.
They are very experienced in cleansing a crime scene.
Kevin Higgins. Did you not say Sinn Fein are responsible for this???
Must have lost the run of themselves with O’Snodaighs printer cartridges.
I see one or two boxes of printed Sinn Fein material. How could that find itself in the hands of someone who would dump it? You don’t print a box of 500 leaflets and hand them all to a random joe soap
I think the full idea of printing leaflets is to simply hand them out to some random Joe soap
@Kevin Higgins: Always possible the material was in the possession of a person who until recently was a member of the party in that area but left and so dumped this material at the location – just speculation of course :)
@Brendan Luke Ferron: because Sinn Fein members with knowledge of illegal activities would never report it to the authorities. Just speculation of course.
@Joe Harbison: Nick when have you ever been handed a box of 1000 leaflets ? You get 1 leaflet each, surreal to think someone could have ran around collecting hundreds of leaflets until they have enough to stage this?
What obviously happened is that a current or ex-member did this, they would have gotten the 1000 leaflets from a TD or Cllr so Sinn fein should know who ended up with the leaflets. Assuming they have a transparent organisation!
@Kevin Higgins: I think from the comment that Sinn Fein Councillor Ferron is intimating that he has a good idea who did it but seeing that he’s an elected representative he’s following his party leaders example and choosing not share his suspicions with the authorities
I get you Joe. Hand them ‘all’…:)
BTW the Journal has not included in the story when this material was dumped and cleaned up – my understanding is that its not recent. Michael Colreavy last stood for election in 2011 yet material belonging to him is listed.
@Brendan Luke Ferron: Brendan a little less time spent muddying the waters & a bit more time caring for the environment & transparency would be very much appreciated!
@Kevin Higgins: I think the fact they cleaned up the material shows that they did care about the environment. Hell hath no fury as a women scorned.
@Brendan Luke Ferron: I think the fact they cleaned this up when it became national news makes sense for any political party.
Now Brendan back to the issue of getting justice. Brian Stanley ran in 2011 with a canvassing team. You’d want to be a trusted member to get a big box of his leaflets which brian paid for. Now are you seriously suggesting Brian or the local branch can’t find out who did this and report them to the gardai!?
@Kevin Higgins: I’m confused by this – did someone else run this before the Journal? This is the first time I saw this story – and this story quite clearly says the material had been cleaned up so I really do not get your point “they cleaned this up when it became national news”. No offence but I think you are taking rubbish lol!
@Brendan Luke Ferron: Oh plenty of offence taken Brendan, unlike Sinn Fein I care about my environment. I would be spending my time getting to the bottom of this rather than trying to distort and distract from who did this.
Kevin, party leaflets etc do not get handed out to members by Councillors or TD’s, which goes to show how much you know about this stuff yet you’re acting like you’ve cracked the case!
I blame the media, FG, BBC, God, Donald trump, Rte, the McCartney sisters, former (but never current) members of SF and mi5 for this.
Its anybodys fault as usual except Sinn Fein.
They’ll admit to it as part of an overall peace and reconciliation agreement, other than that they can’t name the van driver.
Wow. Shinnerbots are really dedicated to the cause. They’ll wade through trash for their dear leader.
Must have lost the run of themselves with O’Snodaighs printer cartridges.
& Gerry was never in the IRA.
…and Bertie never had a bank account.
My Fein not Sinn Fein
In fairness, if they did dump this its like writing your name on the desk in school. You’re not going to get away with it
No member of a political party would illegally dump their own partys lierature with all the logos and names on it. More likely a former member with a grudge.
@Seamus Og: Has this former member ended up in the forest next to the one where they dump the leaflets?
@JoseMacPhisto: Well surely Brian Stanleys team will own up to who they gave the box of leaflets to then…
Election ever closer …
@Willy Malone: It gets peak Tin foil hat whenever Sinn Fein mess up
Why?
I jokingly said the other day that the next thing will be that sf are being blamed for global warming. Not to far wrong.
@Seamus Og: Not but they are being correctly blamed for dumping, as a member you should expect better
I was in jail for terrorist activities when the dumping took place d ellis.
One or two sad individuals came a long and dumped this thinking S.F.would get the blame so so sad how could anybody publish that()
@Dan Henry: So how do “One or two sad individuals” get their hands on 1000 of the same official leaflet from the SF environmental spokespersons campaign?
Its a conspiracy Kevin – it always is. :)
Dan
Proof?
@Nick Allen: No charlie its obvious. Brian Stanley’s canvassing team would have gotten all these leaflets. A single member or ex member likely did this. So Brian could easily identify who did this. He wont though because Sinn Fein don’t do transparency
Would not be able to lift 1000 of the leaflets if not go to your nearest gym for five minutes and try to lift them then I bet you will Mr.Musle
I was taken in a black out van to meet a dump truck driver but I will not name him until we have a truth and reconciliation commission.
@Patrick Gough: Just tell you what is in the Dail
Sinn Fein dump loads of Sinn Fein rubbish in a place where they’d be found? A likely story. Someone in FF or FG is worried about the upcoming election. It’s pathetic stuff really
Maybe this would be a little more within Alan Farrell’s capabilities to take on
probably dumped by enda kenny or michael martin
Yes. It was probably, nay definitely, dumped by one of those two. Have a Scooby snack.
At least they cleaned it up.
How do they know they were not dumped by Sinn Fein members? That implies that they know who dumped them.
Hopefully the person or persond responsible will be caught. If it was a member of sf they should be expelled. The party doesnt want or need people who destroy the environment.
@Seamus Og: Care to ask Brian Stanley who did it then?
I’m sorry but if you sent someone back to clean it up you’d clean it all up not cherry pick through it. But maybe that’s just my OCD and caring nature
They should get to the bottom of it and find who did dump these. Horrible site , at least they cleaned them up pronto.
@LITTLEONE: I think they probably know the answer to that. As I said above I don’t think this happened any time recently. It says leaflets were found belonging to Michael Colreavy and he hasn’t run for an election since 2011.
@Brendan Luke Ferron: Brendan Brian Stanley would have had a canvassing team. to suggest nobody in Sinn fein remembers what the team was and who is no longer a member is absolutely laughable. Nobody is that incompetent
@Kevin Higgins: Yeah but those are not canvassing leaflets for Brian Stanley, they are a leaflet used in the 2014 locals from what I can see. Have a look at the picture – a solitary “A fair recovery is possible leaflet has been placed on to of the tri-folds to obscure who the actual material is for (rather suspicious wouldn’t you agree? The section at the bottom is just a small bit from Brian, probably relating to the water Charges.
@Brendan Luke Ferron: Are you trying to suggest someone printed these leaflets identifcal to the ones Brian used & dumped them all in a big conspiracy against Sinn Fein?
Can sf not hold a kangaroo court and interrogate the suspects.
@Kevin Higgins: No, I am clarifying that I don’t think they are Brian Stanley leaflets, that’s all.
@Brendan Luke Ferron: Meaning someone printed identical leaflets, amazing considering you only commented 20 mins ago suggesting it was an ex-member. Comical carry on from the party of closed doors.
@Patrick Gough: You’re No1 suspect.
Patrick maybe FG could get a ‘retired judge’ to look into it.
Well done FG boys doing this, hey Journal commentators?
@Paul: Where do FG boys get 100s of unused Brian Stanley leaflets in a box?
Kevin, it wouldn’t be impossible to print up copies of the original.
Kevin
They paid off the legit bin company SF paid to discard the rubbish or printed them!!!!!
I think you missed the fact I am been sarcastic…..
It’s dup on Sinn Fein week
@P.J. Nolan:
It’s dump on Sinn Fein week……
Ah well
@P.J. Nolan: Only crowd involved in dumping here appears to be Sinn Fein
This is hilarious
eamon Mccann just said on radio that if gerry Adams shops the killer he could be killed by the lads.
Sounds like Enda had scrappage
Election on the horizon and i can say that all the ff/fg/lab gimps on here desreve what you get.your parties are nothing but traitors and robbers.you go on about sf cover ups.whilst that gimp mehole martin and bellenda kenny cover up the blatant murder of a child mary boyle..god forbid it ever happens to any of your children.you are vermin
When Sinn Fein were at the site removing the leaflets, I assume they had the good sense to remove any other items that could identify the dumper.
Protect the party comes number 1.
Did Sinn Fein leave all the other non-incriminating rubbish there once they sent in their clean-up team?
Anybody worried about the rest of the rubbish that was dumped their Sinn Fein has picked theirs up which was tipped and not by Sinn Fein . I would have thought people would be worried about the rest of the rubbish and about who owns it.
The former member responsible for this crime has undergone internal discipline. No need to involve the DPP or an Garda. End of story, now go back to sleep Ireland.
It’s really comical reading comments from the multi account holders and the hacks & trolls. Just goes to show that the saying “little amuses the idiots” is true. Personally I could care less about this person says this and that person says that . At the end of the day the truth will surface and the guilty will be named. Anyway,enough excitement for me readibg all your pathetic jibing, I’m off out for a pint in the real world with real people. Have a great evening saddo’s
The guilty will not be named. The crime scene was carefully cleaned up by Sinn Fein before anyone else could inspect it. Old habits die hard.
Yeah we are on the cusp of another taxpayers election,sorry lot up there,haven’t a bull notion on govern the country,would rather be arguing over trivialities..Just get that dump cleaned up and stop blaming and moaning.
Can’t wait for the whataboutery and blaming others. Responsibility has never been the Shinner’s strong point.
I know some nice walks which are ruined with this kind of thing. It was someone who takes a lot of pride in their country alright.
I find it very interesting that what appears to be a relatively new illegal dump site has materials from a retired TD that lives over a 100 miles from there and contains literature spanning a number of years and campaigns. In fact does no-one find it strange that none of the 3 TDs named represent the area concerned. This is a set up plain and simple.
There are those who believe all sf election material belongs in a dump :)
so which SF rep moved closed their constituency office?
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