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WE’VE HAD HEAVY fog all over the island of Ireland since last night, and it’s been causing planes and trains to be delayed this evening.
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What happened to Castletown? I grew up there, and it was always nice and quiet, but now there are toe-rags galore, and 4 cars stolen in the last 2 months, Including my Dad’s sexy Merc that I was allowed to borrow sometimes… (Heartbreaking)..
Drugs were a problem along time ago. Castletown gate was we’re you went for drugs and prostitution back in the 80s. I was only a kid back then and even knew it.
Fantastic and what will be done NOTHING. The car wont be replaced for donkeys years and when Celbridge/leixlip/maynooth/kilcock/straffan etc are rife with burglaries like most satellite towns. Another valuable car off the fleet.
Ah come on, it’s Halloween, there’s always going to be destructive stuff like this happening. I doubt there are any measures any minister could introduce to stop something like this… There’ll always be THAT group of kids that think this kind of thing is funny.
Gerard
You have a funny idea about the duties and responsibilities of Government Ministers. Nowhere does the Constitution say that the Minister for Justice is obliged to get involved on the operational functions of the Gardai in dealing with mindless young thugs who were involved in this activity.
I love Germany! In this progressive country parents and grand parents are held accountable for the unlawful actions of their genetically flawed offspring.
Any ensuing Court case involving theses kind of crimes could see the jailing if the offender and the parents or compensation being paid by the latter.
Yep you’ve guessed correctly…..there isn’t much of this mindless thuggery in Germany.
Why aren’t I surprised, that Germany knows how to do it right. We’d go out and riot and behalf of the quinns, or say Sure they’re only having fun! what a basket case of a Country, a banana repbublic!
Stephen Murphy.
I agree with both of your comments. Ireland has been an unfunny joke for ages, it has now entered the realm of shit hole too. Whatever ‘system’ we had is not, has not and will not work
This is what happens when people don’t get punished for their crimes.
A small fine, few hours community service or a few weeks in a cushy prison. It’s no deterrent.
They need the shit kicked out of them. And before the PC brigade start, I don’t care.
America punishes with long prison sentences. I didn’t say that’s what we need.
Nobody can deny that anti social behaviour is worse now than ever before. So what’s changed?
When I was younger, parents were not afraid to punish their own kids.
Parents would always side with the guards. Not any more. Nowadays kids get away with murder.
There should be a mandatory minimum 10 year jail sentence for any attack on gardai, fire service or any emergency service. Judges should be given no discretion in this matter.
The people in celbridge should be looking for this thug because of this incident the Garda response will be a lot slower. This car will not be replaced. I only hope this thug is in need of a Garda car sometime soon.
Did you not read my posting above. This is down to parents in Castletown Estate in Celbridge rather than the Minister for Justice. Use your brain and stop blaming everybody but the right people. Furthermore this wasn’t one kid on his own. There’s no entertainment value in doing this stuff without an audience so there are lots of people in that middle class estate who know exactly who is responsible and none of their names sound like Shatter.
While I agree with you mostly Gary, and that Shatter, as minister, should stay out of meddling in Garda Operational matters, the force needs more support badly!! Garda numbers should be swelled drastically with recruitment and patrol car numbers and their fleet standards improved significantly!! If that were the case there might have been backup there and the crowd could be better monitored where they wouldn’t have had the chance to torch the car!! Shatter’s all too quick to provide the TV / radio press soundbite to further his own agenda when it’s not appropriate but wont back the Guards where it counts!!
I would say that any attack upon members of the emergency services should be treated in law as a form of treason. It is nothing less than an offence against the state. An attack upon the security of our country.
John
Do you think a Garda Station being present or absent had anything to do with this thuggery. The local Garda station is a mere stroll from the Estate where this happened.
Of course having an open Garda station has everything to do with catching crooks , but so does proper resources.
Nice play on Garret Fitzgerald’s name. You are not fit to wipe his boots.
@Garry. “…genetically flawed offspring.” What exactly do you mean by that? Anti-social behaviour has nothing to do with genetics, and everything to do with bad parenting.
170 cars is nothing when you consider the size of a nationwide force. It’s really 3months worth of cars to last a whole year. The gra did say that I think it was one car a day little off road due to millage or damage. Don’t forget cars for detectives and drug units!!.
I’m wondering if the guards will do a blue flu over conditions. Could not really blame them. Oh interestingly I was informed by a friend of mine that when shatter gives the garda strenght numbers he inflates it Cos he includes reserves that can’t even for outside without a full time guard watching them and are very limited in how they can act. Shatter also includes civilian office staff in his numbers. So few guards few cars. Public really needs to support their police
very intelligent comment indeed, how would you deal with a call and not leave the car unattended. They cant drive through trees you know. why should anyone not be able to leave their car anywhere, these animals need to be tracked down and dealt with severely.
What tripe are you spouting shem. You can’t expect the gardai to arrest people through the door of a car, disperse a rowdy crowd, call to a concerned elderly person without leaving the car behind them. It’s not a Segway their on.
So if Garda cars are covered by the government, what’s the point in taxing them aswell? I always thought they where taxed for insurance reasons. Massive loss/waste of man hours for the civil service and Gardaí.
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