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Gardaí discover 1000 stolen beer kegs

27 people were arrested during a two-day European day of action against metal theft.

1000 BEER KEGS were found by gardaí during a series of searches around the country in May.

Gardaí said today that they undertook the searches as part of a metal theft day of action on 21 and 22 May 2014, which was coordinated by Europol and involved authorities in 20 European countries.

An Garda Síochána arrested 27 people and searched over 70 premises during the metal theft operation.

Gardaí attached to the Organised Crime Unit searched a number of premises in Wicklow, Dublin and Cavan and recovered over 1000 stolen beer kegs.

The 27 people were arrested for a variety of offences including burglary, theft and related matters over the two days. Meanwhile, a large number of other offences were also detected, including breaches of the Road Traffic Acts.

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    Mute conor hickey
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    Dec 12th 2012, 9:00 AM

    Bon Voyage and safe journey to all Irish nurses who will be leaving our shores because of the 20% reduction in starting pay.
    This move demonstrates the level of respect our TD’s have for our Nurses.

    Soon, there will be a recruitment drive overseas to import cheap nurses. Unfortunately, foreign nurses will be conned into coming here for poor pay and terrible working conditions.

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    Mute Prince Hector
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    Dec 12th 2012, 9:48 AM

    We train the best and import the worst. Remember the Nigerian ‘doctor’ who couldn’t even take a pulse…??.
    Once, I was so sick that I couldn’t even get into the car to go to the gp. My wife phoned ‘Southdoc’ who sent an African who was doing a ‘locum’, (€70) He used a lolipop stick, said I had a bad cold & prescribed ‘Benylin for flu’, – an over the counter medication. it got worse, A friend who was a real doctor called, he actually used a stetescope & diagnosed severe pneumonia, prescribed the antibiotic, ‘Klacid’ among several other drugs to ease my suffering.
    There needs to be a clampdown on quacks like this, getting away with, possibly…….murder.
    Who is in charge….??
    Oh yeah….forget it.

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    Mute Dave Harris
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    Dec 12th 2012, 10:02 AM

    The foreign nurses will go to other countries with better conditions, and the ones who are duped to come here will soon cop on and leave. It’s happened before and will happen again

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    Mute Paddy O Donnell
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    Dec 12th 2012, 10:12 AM

    @hector i have to disagree with the tone of your comments. plenty of good “African/Nigerian” doctors about.

    would it have been possible you didn’t tell him all or symptoms or as with slot of illness it progressively got worse.

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    Mute Prince Hector
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    Dec 12th 2012, 10:29 AM

    @ Paddy, – A hospital floor cleaner could have diagnosed what was wrong with me, – maybe that’s what this guy was…? – There is such corruption in parts of Africa, that you can buy a degree in anything for a few hundred bucks, – it’s a handy way of getting yourself into any country as long as no-one asks any awkward questions…

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    Mute Think First
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    Dec 12th 2012, 3:27 PM

    Pretty sure that the story you mention wasn’t actually a Nigerian – Eastern European, I think. Shocking how they got through the system but more a fault of the hiring system here, rather than anyone’s race.

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    Mute Paddy Farrell
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    Dec 12th 2012, 9:56 AM

    wonderful, the goverment want to help banks make a profit while throwing the irish voters out on the roads of ireland while the ministers enjoy 3000e salary every week, oliver cromwell is reincarnated, to hell or connaught with the irish.

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    Dec 12th 2012, 9:32 PM

    Not Connaught enda lives down that way

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