I got my phone call and it rang out. I meekly asked “Do I get another?”.
[SIZE=6]Lack of biros at Limerick garda station blamed for public order offences[/SIZE]
THE lack of biros at Henry Street garda station has been blamed for a number of recent public order incidents.
A number of people have been prosecuted at Limerick Court for engaging in a threatening and abusive manner at the public office of the garda station, which is one of the busiest in the country.
During one recent case, the court was informed the offence happened after the defendant had attended at the garda station to sign on as a condition of his bail relating to a separate matter.
Judge Eugene O’Kelly was told when the defendant got to the public counter, he was informed there was no biro and he was told to go away and return with his own biro.
It was at this point, the defendant became aggressive and began to verbally abuse gardai who were on duty at the time.
Commenting on the facts of the case, Judge O’Kelly expressed concerns about the “lack of biros” at the garda station and he said it was not the first time that he had heard of such an incident
“It’s not acceptable that people, who are coming in to sign on in compliance with their bail are being told to go away and return with their own biro,” he said.
The judge said he has raised concerns about the practice in the past but that it is still a common occurrence.
“I am hearing it too often and too frequently,” he told Inspector Luke Conlon, who said he would pass on the judge’s concerns.
The judge added that, if cases continue to come before the court arising from the lack biros at Henry Street garda station, he will consider not granting applications to include a signing-on condition when granting suspects bail.
They need JP to step in and buy a few BIC pens
Does that mean that a guard wouldnt have a biro for their notebook when taking details of a person or a witness statement?
Anthony Stokes appears in court charged over an alleged assault in Buck Whaley’s night club. Kip of a place, asking for trouble going in there.
Did he recognise the court?
Buck’s is fairly upmarket these days. Put it this way, I’ve been there within the past 12 months. I’m a businessman.
The last time I was in there was maybe four or five years ago, it was a right state back then.
You could say the Elvis impersonator who was allegedly assaulted here was “all shook up” :oops:
You’re also in the Ra though
[quote=“dodgy-keeper, post: 912857, member: 1552”]The last time I was in there was maybe four or five years ago, it was a right state back then.
You could say the Elvis impersonator who was allegedly assaulted here was “all shook up” :oops:[/quote]
It’s a fucking hellhole, fraternised mainly by the rugby union football-loving community.
Never been refused entry from it, unfortunately, and I doubt I’ll ever be because I doubt I’ll ever go there again.
Gardai seized a van containing €16,500 worth of heavy duty copper cable stolen just hours earlier from the Eircom (Eir) depot in Newcastle West.
A “substantial amount” of damage was done when thieves broke into the compound in Gortboy last Thursday night (September 10) and removed the cable. Later that evening, around midnight, gardai stopped a van near Abbeyfeale. When they searched the vehicle, they found the stolen cable inside.
There were three males in the van at the time - an adult and two juveniles.
At a bail hearing in Newcastle West district court on Friday, gardai objected to bail for one of the juveniles - a 16-year-old with an address in Tralee.
Det Garda Jerry O’Sullivan told the court that the accused was a passenger in the vehicle when it was stopped.
He said that the accused had been before Tralee district court last month on burglary, criminal damage and public order charges. On that occasion he was granted bail, subject to a number of conditions. One of those conditions was that he observe a curfew from 10pm to 8am.
Det O’Sullivan told the court that the accused had breached curfew three times prior to being found in the van in Abbeyfeale at 12am the previous night.
Solicitor Darach McCarthy, defending, pointed out that his client had not been convicted of any offence. “As much as there is evidence of an offence being committed at Eircom (Eir) in Gortboy, there is no evidence to put my client at that place,” he said.
Det O’Sullivan replied that gardai were not in a position to provide forensic evidence at that time, but that clothing and other items found in the van were being sent for forensic analysis.
Judge Mary Larkin granted bail subject to a number of conditions.
Bail was also granted in the case of a co-accused with both remanded to appear before Newcastle West district court on November 13.
An elderly neighbour was awakened the other morning around 3am by what he said were “stirrings” in the kitchen. I’d say he’d had a few scoops in him to boot, but he’s a crafty oul’ fucker. Anyway he tells me he “ritched” for the gun and grabbing that, felt about for the flashlamp but knocked it over alerting the intruders.
He flew out with the gun (as best as he could) as they jumped into an already running Hiace up the lane. He put both barrels through the back doors of the van and nobody has heard anything since.
He doesn’t expect them back he says, but it’ll be same again for the next lot.
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Thats the job. Ask no questions, these cunts only know one currency. Lead.
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A few places robbed within 2 miles of us during the week. I don’t know how we have escaped so far. Getting camera’s installed in parents place this weekend. Whatever good that will do.
I know of one farmer who had the cameras installed months back. Showed me a still, the last image taken of the camera in fact, of 4 boys in balaclavas, with a stick and swinging at the camera as best they could. Scary fucking image to see, knowing you were and your family were asleep in your beds only a hundred or so yards away. Cunts.
Our next door neighbour had a similar episode recently. He woke up as they were trying to break into the back. He has a chain of coffee shops and vending machines so has a high cash business, but also had a new 100k Range Rover on the drive which the cops reckon they were after ( I’m consoling myself as we have neither). In any case the thieves had been switched on enough to find the cameras, and having inspected them, we’re than able to break into the boiler room and disable the system. What the smart fuckers forgot to do, after undoubtedly congratulating themselves on their work, was remove the usb from the machine they had carefully disabled, which had a lovely HD recording of their mugs as they inspected the cameras close up.
They were thwarted as he heard them and ran downstairs roaring “like a fucking naked ginger gorilla”.
I heard the commotion at the time but presumed he was having the usual 3am row with his wife, an exquisite Latino lady half his age, and twice his height, with a temper to match, as he crawled in after an 18 hour bender, so turned over and went back to sleep.
She once accused me of stealing her bins, but that’s a different matter.
The cunt at the corner accused me of ringing his bell and running away about a month ago as I was out on the street having a puc about. I was so taken aback I didn’t give him the response he deserved.
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So, getting back to this exquisite Latino…
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