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A DISTRICT COURT judge has said prolonged vile and evil abuse hurled at gardaí by an arrested retired sergeant was the worst he had ever heard.
Joseph Kiely (63) of Old Golf Course Road, Tullycullion, Donegal Town claimed to have a cancer curse. He told three gardaí they would die of cancer within five years. The defendant also told a woman into whose car he crashed that cancer would visit her. Tragically, the woman has since died of cancer.
Yesterday’s sitting of Donegal District Court heard that Kiely was arrested for drink driving following a collision at Quay Street, Donegal Town on 11 October 2015.
Sergeant Oliver Devaney attended the scene along with Garda Sean Rogers.
They found a Ford Mondeo driven by Shirley Walsh of Ballintra in the main carriageway approaching Donegal Town. Kiely’s Nissan Almera was at a right angle to the Mondeo. Both cars were damaged. Kiely had been exiting a carpark when he collided with Walsh.
Sergeant Devaney said: “I spoke to him and asked him for his driving licence. He said ‘This is a set-up. It is orchestrated. She crashed into me.’”
Both drivers were then breathalysed. Walsh passed the roadside breath test, while Kiely failed.
Sergeant Devaney arrested the defendant.
“He said the to the lady in an aggressive tone ‘Cancer will visit you,’” said the sergeant.
Kiely was taken to Donegal Town Garda Station. During the obligatory 20-minute observation period which precedes a blood, breath or urine test, Kiely was highly abusive.
Sergeant Devaney said: “He told me ‘Cancer will visit you. I have the power of cancer over you. Your offspring will get cancer. You will all be dead within five years.’”
The comments were aimed at Garda Rogers, Garda Doherty who was also present, and Sergeant Devaney.
Garda Rogers then gave evidence.
“He said he had the tinker’s cancer curse that he got in a dark place in Connemara,” said the garda.
He said if I had offspring they would all die kicking and screaming of cancer. And he said I would die of cancer within three years.
Kiely signed all documents at the station with the words “cancer curse”.
When the test was carried out, Kiely showed a reading of 51mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath.
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Counsel for the defence Sean McGee acting for solicitor Catherine Boner of JP Sweeney & Co asked Garda Rogers if he had ever worked with Kiely.
The garda replied that he worked under Kiely when on overtime shifts. He said as a sergeant, Kiely had been kind and intelligent. But something had changed in the intervening years.
In considering sentence, Judge Kilrane said: “I was in practice for 34 years as a solicitor and for almost 10 years I have been in my present position. I have never heard such vile utterances out of anyone in custody. Shocking, vile abuse and not a murmur of apology.
“It is the worst I have ever come across.”
Under oath, Kiely claimed gardaí turned a blind eye to his being harassed. He told the court that he had submitted a 100-page file to Garda HQ on the matter of a campaign of intimidation.
He did not apologise for his comments.
The judge sentenced Kiely to two months in prison, fined him €500 and disqualified him from holding a driving licence for two years.
“The reason for the sentence is the extreme aggravating factors on the night in question,” said Judge Kilrane.
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However trying to charge an iPad from an old ‘non-brick’ iPhone charger WILL take hours
All iPads seem to take much longer to charge with iPhone chargers. We have gone through a few of each so this is just based on personal observation. In general though I would always buy apple chargers and leads. It’s a false ecomonic buying cheap ones as they break very easily and apple leads and chargers come with a years warranty.
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I don’t have an iPhone charger these days. Charge my phone using my Kitsound Boomdock music player. Once again it’s worthwhile saying that iPhones do charge faster in airplane mode.
airplane mode, faster charging, with some temporary peace and quiet by bring temporarily disconnected from everything :-) enough of being a slave to technology!
I have an iPhone 6+ and I find the battery lasts all day. I’ve even given up carrying a power bank as I find I don’t need it.
AMAZING
This might not make sense but I find it takes longer for my phone to charge with my iPad charger but my battery last longer .
Your right, it doesn’t make sense. Might be simply your perception of how long it’s lasting is changing based upon your expectation
If I’ve a tap on trickle then a trickle of water goes down the drain. The flow of water in a drain will depend on the size of the drain. If I turn that tap to mid setting or full whack you’re bloody right it’ll increase the flow. Numpty logic. iPad charger does charge iPhone faster.
correct.
Can’t wait to get rid of my one next week. iPhone you’ve served your purpose but time to move on. Android here I come!!
I was like that before, but 6 months later was back to iPhone.
Don’t have any i-devices but if the iPad chager charges the iPhone faster it would suggest that the supplied iPhone charger is underpowered.
The higher the amperage that a battery accepts, the shorter the lifespan of the battery, so it is a matter of finding the balance between the speed of charging and the lifespan of the battery.
the supplied iPhone charger charges slower due to a previous issue with the overheating and expansion of the iPhone litium cells.
I’ve attached a link to an article which provided an in depth analysis of various chargers, from those provided with products such as Apple chargers to various phone chargers to replacement chargers and of course counterfeit chargers.
The results may be surprising to some people, basically if you have a product worth several hundreds of euro then why risk charging it with a cheap charger that may put it, and you, at risk? The author noted that most of the chargers from authorised manufacturers contained advanced circuitry and were high quality devices while cheap counterfeit chargers contained basic circuitry, were of poor build quality, contained minimal insulation and were often unsafe.
http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-usb-chargers-in-lab-apple-is.html
so will the journal pay for the costs when someone’s house burns down? only use the recommended charger for your device. using a 2amp charger on a 1amp device is leaving it open to explode, and possibly cause injury or a house fire. a lot of house fires are caused by electronic devices being used with the incorrect charger. be it a phone, Ecig, or tablet device.
Read the article – a modern smartphone will accept more current (amps) if it is offered it by a higher capacity (eg: iPad) charger, but will not accept more than is safe. Fires can occur with cheap chargers and/or damaged cables, but not by using a (decent quality) high-capacity charger. Note though that faster charging makes batteries warmer, and this shortens their life somewhat, so you should always use slower charging rates where possible.
I’ve worked in the mobile and technology sector for many years. yes they will accept it but not always safely, this is my point! a lot of people don’t use the original cable, not the plug as some devices don’t come with one. Yes charging makes the warmer it can also cause them to expand or malfunction. this is why my suggestions of using the original charger. even most shop you go into the staff haven’t a clue what they are selling customers. I’ve seen and heard of many horror stories where a battery has malfunctioned and caused damage or shorted the device
Hey doctor learn to physics. Once the voltage is correct the device will draw the current it needs. There is no risk whatsoever charging a 1amp device with a 2amp charger. You will have a problem if the voltage is incorrect.
Of course I am assuming the chargers are of sufficient quality. If you buy a cheap and nasty charger it is a risk regardless if the specs.
see there is the issue. most shops that sell chargers are cheap and nasty. bough in for less than €5 and sold for €20+ in some cases. very few phone shops stock original manufacturer chargers as people will just buy what the store have. they buy cheap and their profit margins on these products are huge.
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