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They still don’t give a fuck.
Journalist Eamon Dunphy spoke to TheJournal.ie’s Stardust podcast on the Irish establishment’s ‘enduring cruelty’ towards people who have been impacted by scandals and tragedies throughout the years.
I felt that I was going to die on the road. I felt I was trying to get to the light in the house, a lot of things went through my mind and I almost gave up. I gave up a few times and came back again, thought about the kids and thought about Bronagh and surviving.
Quinn Industrial Holdings executive Kevin Lunney has recounted to BBC Spotlight how he was slashed with a knife, doused with bleach and branded by his captors during a horrific ordeal earlier this year.
It’s like showing up at the nursing home at daybreak to find your elderly uncle running pantsless across the courtyard and cursing loudly about the cafeteria food, as worried attendants tried to catch him.
A quote describing US President Donald Trump’s Twitter activity, from a new book by an anonymous author identified only as “a senior official in the Trump administration”.
No better way to spend a lunch break than to go and kiss my girlfriend in protest.
Aisling Cusack speaking at a protest by LGBT couples outside Leinster House, demanding government action on hate crime legislation.
The service you’re listening to now will cease to exist
Long-serving RTÉ presenter Will Leahy, who currently helms the breakfast slot on RTÉ Gold, addressed the service cuts at the national broadcaster announced.
Gay showed us to ourselves.
Former director general of RTÉ Bob Collins on the death of Gay Byrne.
I certainly don’t have an issue with the post from Mr Tayto and I certainly don’t think that Dad would have had either.
Gay Byrne’s daughter Crona’s reaction to a post by former radio DJ Gareth O’Callaghan, who criticised the reaction to a post by the Mr Tayto’s Twitter account, which posted a picture of Mr Tayto – sad – in reaction the death of Gay Byrne and was later taken down. I know. It’s hard to follow.
He only got two years for trying to burn two kids to death? how ridiculous is that?
Extremely
He won’t be missed
Looks like he may have gotten the death penalty
he doing life now
He only got two years because it was accepted that the people involved did not know there were children in the car and that he then tried to pull them out. Afaik he was the lookout on the job. Obviously I’m not condoning any of his actions but once we start wishing death on people then aren’t we lowering ourselves to that level? Killing people is wrong.
He only got two years because it was accepted that the people involved did not know there were children in the car and that he then tried to pull them out. Afaik he was the lookout on the job. Obviously I’m not condoning any of his actions but once we start wishing death on people then aren’t we lowering ourselves to that level? Killing people is wrong.
Even if he “didnt know” there was children in the car he shouldnt have burned it out in the first place! Either way he wasnt being an upstanding citizen!
@Mark – so he deserves to die for not being upstanding?
@Dennis. I didnt say that did I? Seen as you do mention deserving things, did those kids deserve the injuries they got in the burning car?
Dennis, if it were my kids I’d gladly burn ALL of them.
Eye for an eye etc.
How can anyone have that many blots on their sheet and still stroll around.
The fact that this one showed the most remorse does NOT excuse their actions!
The man made his bed and now he can sleep in it. Even after the car incident he was still involved in criminal activity such as driving across a green area where kids where playing and many other numerous offences. You’re right Faceless Man, he won’t be missed. No doubt his family will come out saying ‘he was a lovely child just had bad company, he didn’t derserve this’. Well he did. If you play in s**t you are s**t. I don’t don’t condone death but when it does happen i’d rather see it upon people like him and not the innocent kids he help damage physically and mentally for the rest of their lives.
Fair comment
good
I’m disgusted to see people believe it is a good thing that a man was executed like this in such a barbaric way. His heinous crimes should be be dealt with by a proper justice system. That means severe prison sentences.
The only fault with that is that his 50 convictions obviously weren’t dealt with adequately by the judicial system. Like all the other dirt crawling around our streets. The idiotic Judges are so far removed from reality to make a credible impact on crime.
@ Irish renters, if you knew the man or lived in the area he destroyed I’m fairly confident you’d have a different opinion
No harm done.
Job well done.
Karma.hope them kids have a little party.
No comeback for this Misfit.
Delighted
Any chance they could clean some more dirt off the streets?
What I’d love to know is how s’one with 50(!) previous convictions is free and walking. I’m not a member of the hang ‘em persuasion but I get fed up hearing of pple who should be in prison out and free. And don’t you just get absolutely sick of “concurrent” sentencing?
Totally agree. Judicial system is the most lenient in Europe. This is not the answer though.
Whoever invented concurrent sentencing should serve 20 consecutive sentences of 5 years. The most idiotic legal invention of all time.
Yeh practically a licence to commit crimes knowing you’ll only have to do time for one.
B.I.H.
Over 50 convictions at 21 years of age says it all, I’m sure innocent people have suffered by his hands and this has stopped others being affected. Justice system is a joke.
Get over yourself Adrian, and less of the personal insults, I didn’t insult you. I left schoolyard insults in the schoolyard where they belong. Leave the old cliches where they belong also. This is reality, that affects people.
Obnoxious ass!?
I now understand the meaning of “don’t feed the trolls”.
Ronan, I totally agree with you.
You are insulted by me calling you a name after you assumed to know what my family may or may not have gone through, yet a cold blooded murder in a hotel car park is perfectly acceptable????
Keep up the cliches Adrian, maybe you could get a job writing for The Sun, or Viz.. “Cold blooded” You forgot to say “father of (insert meaningless number here)”
Listen Dirty Harry, not an hour ago you calling for “dirt to be cleaned off the streets”, like a scene from a 70′s detctive show. There is no other way for me describe walking up to a man and shooting him 5 times, ending his life, but to call it COLD BLOODED MURDER. I’m not trying to be writer. I’m just disgusted enough with the reaction you and your ilk thhat i feel I should comment.
More hugs needed for toerags Adrian, And “ilk”? ah, come on now, jesus. What redtop did you pull that from? FFS
I cant use ilk but you can use toerag? Are you my english teacher. I’m not defending the dead man. We cannot, however, take the law into our own hands. Debate the subject, not the language. Otherwise piss off.
You aren’t debating anything Adrian, just throwing personal insults around the place like an idiot. I am not defending vigilantism either, but strongly oppose touchy feely kid glove treatment of the dregs of society, See, there you go again, “piss off” Did you type that with a frown?
Do you think this mans killing was justified? Yes or no.
You asked earlier whether there was a chance that these people could go out and, “clean more dirt off the streets”. Now you say you are not defending vigilantism. Which is it?
No, because I doubt if the people who did it were pillars of society themselves. The fact that anyone with 50 previous convictions, including the obvious one is able to walk around the place just proves that he wasn’t dealt with adequately by our so called justice system. Saying that, I will not lose any sleep over such a loss to our community.
his death doesn’t help those two kids, they have a life time of scars and operations and now cant face the man that did it to them and ask WHY?
Why would they want to meet the dirt that did that to them?
Excellent news. delighted.
God thats all we need now for this feud to start up all over again.
Nonsense, we have strong gang laws in this country becuase of the troubles. Just declare any known gangs as a threat to national security and send any members to a high security lock up.
Any one involved in an attack on kids and how he has lived doesn’t deserve sympathy but it’s sad to think how this young man’s life has turned out. Let’s hope others who live similar lives learn that sometimes your past will catch up with you.
We cannot condone vigilante action. An eye for an eye can only make us all blind.
Really Adrian? Has your family ever been affected by dirt posing as humans? No? Didn’t think so.
No…there will be one person left with eyes… So your wrong there… ;)
Ronald and Adrian, summary justice has no place in society, but the pendulum has swung a bit too far in the criminals’ favour.
I agree. But its not our job to kill him
I do like someone who can ask me a question and answer it for me. Saves me the bother. The intsinctfor revenge is in all of us. Dont you dare think for a second that i dont understand it you obnoxious ass. We cannot allow ourselves to dish out whatever punishment we feel is neccesaryfor a wrong done to us.
if someone went out and took care of some of the nasty parasites in our country,I’d see no problem in that.this passive,rise above attitude bores well for alot of folk sitting up on moral pedestals with clean hands!
A great weekend all round.. hope the criminal court judges are reading the comments above… it might give them some idea of how fed up people are with irish legal system
The commenters here with the “good” and “he deserved it” sentiments are the exact sentiments that killed this fellow. Rise above it, be the better person, don’t condone his actions, but don’t wish death on him. The only difference between you and his killer(s) is that his killer(s) acted on those sentiments.
RIP, alas, another wasted life.
I’d say there are many other differences between the people here and Michael Sheehan’s killers. (Unless, of course, you happen to know all about everyone commenting here, in which case I defer to your superior knowledge).
Eh no, most people aren’t dangerous scrotes with no regard for society.
Sounds like proper justice to me!
it was’nt me.
mmmm
When will someone start judging the judges
Good call, who are these fantasists accountable to?
Live by the gun……..
I really would like to know who they are accountable to anyone know
He done his time and lived with the guilt that’s more then enuf punishment he’s still sbodys son nd brother and grandson like let him rest we can’t change the past if it was sumbody in ur family use wud stand by him so why shudnt his family nobody has that right to judge r.I.p bro was glad to have u as a mate let ur past set u free lie peacefully respect…..!
People are quick to judge wat so he deserved to die because he made stupid mistakes no he didn’t deserve it he made bad bad mistakes who are any of u to judge him nobody’s perfect use are sick to say sumbody deserves to die u duno the reason he endid up the way he did kids scars wil heal he’s dead for life he done his time forr his crime i was locked up wiv him myself i seen how guilty he felt like no matter wat he done he didnt deserve to get shot 5 times its moral and an act of uncalled for evilness like wats done is done let the lad rest in peace and leave his family to greave use sick people cop on we all human fact
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