‘Attacked Without Warning’

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A Irish man is in an induced coma and two other men have been charged following a brawl outside a pub in Bondi Junction.

Jason Cierans (above), 29, was found unconscious and bleeding from the mouth just after 1am on Saturday when police were called to the Tea Gardens Hotel on Bronte Street following reports of a brawl.

He sustained serious head injuries and has been placed in an induced coma at St Vincent’s Hospital, where he remained in a critical but stable condition on Saturday night.

Seven News reported Mr Cierans crossed the road and was attacked without warning in front of a 7/11 convenience store.

“I don’t know, my friend just walked and this guy punched him – and that’s it,” a witness told reporters at the scene.

Man in induced coma after brawl outside Bondi Junction pub (SydneyMorningHerald)

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41 thoughts on “‘Attacked Without Warning’

    1. Charger Salmons

      Given the reputation of young Irish men in Australia I’m sure the feeling is mutual.
      I’d like to hear the full story behind this one as innocent men attacked late at night in notorious parts of the world generally has more to it than meets the eye.

        1. Andyourpointiswhatexactly

          I hear you. I lived there. I met some (and am still friendly with) lovely, lovely people there but there’re a LOT of pig-ignorant galahs there. More so than anywhere else I’ve lived.

          1. Dong

            Yep. Similar experience. Beautiful country etc but full of morons. The macho/aggressive/racist/homophobe culture is baffling. A lot of the men don’t seem to mentally mature beyond 17 years old. The governments response to its Neanderthal citizens is creating the worlds biggest nanny state. Ye can have it.

          2. Formerly known as @ireland.com

            How many places have you lived? I have lived in Australia, for along time. I think it if I was a foreigner, and I moved to Dublin, I would have a different experience if I move to Dublin 13, compared to my experience if I moved to Dublin 4. Same country, same city, different experiences.

            Australia has its issues. There are some galahs here. There are some thugs, racists, bogans. There are similar undesirables in Ireland. There are plenty of good people here. Do not over-simplify Australia, just as you wouldn’t like it if Ireland was over-simplified – “conservative Catholic Ireland” anyone?

          3. Dong

            When I lived in Sydney I was in Paddington, beside the scg. The millpoint rd in South Perth and the city centre in Melbourne. I did meet plenty of nice Aussies but I found the ratio of morons much higher there than anywhere else I’ve been.

      1. Demon

        Not at all. Remember that quiet Polish lad who was attacked on his way to work in a fish wholesalers in Dublin a few months ago. It was a fashion here, which thankfully seems to have faded, to go and hunt for someone on his own and attack out of the blue.

        1. All the good ones fly south for winter

          Demon, it’s August 2015, the murder you mention happened in Oct. 2010. We have some shocking news, you have been in a coma for almost 4 years, your wife hit you with a skillet during a scrabble game.

          1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

            @All the good ones fly south for winter

            That’s right, nobody has been attacked in Ireland, in years.

      2. dereviled

        If there was a crowd of drunk people around then somebody uninvolved and unprepared could get lamped.

        1. Charger Salmons

          There was a row about queue jumping.
          Obviously sympathy for the poor lad who got the wallop but one wonders what words were exchanged prior to the assault.
          Mind you those Aussies are awful animals.

          1. Romy Thomas

            As someone else said earlier the majority of Australian men never really advance beyond the mental age of 12 or 13 – do not engage them in verbal banter after 6pm especially when drink is involved, they can’t process it, and to save face will always revert to this behaviour, they are Texans with funny accents.

          2. Formerly known as @ireland.com

            @Romy Thomas (comment below)

            So, is it 12-13, or is it 17? Which peer reviewed research are you referring to?
            What age do the Aussie women stop maturing at?

            Funny thing is, your comment is probably the kind of thing said about that well known race of drunken violent people, the Irish.

            “Texans with funny accents” – what if Texans already have funny accents?

  1. Sham Bob

    So f it was an unprovoked attack, why are they calling it a brawl? Brawl implies that it was 2-sided.

    1. Andyourpointiswhatexactly

      That’s what I was thinking. ‘Unprovoked attack’ would have been used had it been one, surely?

      1. Sham Bob

        Or, they could be unjustly painting the guy in a bad light? 1 witness and a news report said it was unprovoked.

    1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

      Yes, they have. They have also made it easier to jail people who kill that way.

  2. Parochial Central

    For everyone Jim Stynes Ireland gives Austrailia, we unfortunately give them 1,000 a-holes. This is exactly the same behaviour you see in Camden St every night of the week.

    Pub? 1 AM? Hardly a case of “not interfering with play.”

  3. Charger Salmons

    An Argentinian man has been charged with the assault.
    Turns out the victim had been involved in a fight with one of his friends.
    The usual tawdry stuff.

  4. Me...

    This night 3 irishman were arguing with four 7/11 guards, Argentinian guy was walking with some friends by the street and the Irishman punched (with not warning) a polish guy friend of the argentinian, and well the rest of the history is known.
    That was a bad night with a lot of bad decisions.

  5. JimPersian

    Interesting that most of the Australian meat head drinking culture comes from the UK/Ireland, yet we have people on here from those places claiming that Australians are “awful animals”. Have a think about where this drinking culture originated – apples don’t fall far from the tree.

    I’m Australian and almost every Irish bloke I’ve known here has been an excessive drinker and likely to cause trouble once they’ve tipped a few too many down. I’ve also known quite a few South Americans and not one of them was a troublemaker after a few drinks. They’re a decent chance of being killed in their own country if they get hammered and go around mouthing off and threatening people verbally/physically.

    Hopefully this bloke recovers but it’s highly likely that this group of drunk Irishmen were the instigators in this situation and got what was coming to them, in my opinion. They’re as big a menace on the drink as any Australian, if not bigger.

    1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

      @Jim,

      Fair points. I can compare the drinking cultures. I think more Irish people drink until they get very drunk. They are not having a good time until they are locked. Far fewer Australians fall into that bracket. Aussies are more likely to get merry and know when to stop.

      I think Australian cities have evolved, with many alternatives to pubs and clubs. The drinking culture is less dominant, than in the past.

      1. dereviled

        +1
        I was at a wedding recently in Europe where they have a higher per-capita drink rate than Ireland and there was a greater emphasis on regular food and less on getting obliterated, which is viewed as an illness as opposed to heroics.

  6. sǝɯǝɯ ʇɐ pɐq

    You don’t need to go to Australia to meet an Australian.
    -Just sayin’…

    -Then again, who in their right mind wants to meet an Australian?

    1. sǝɯǝɯ ʇɐ pɐq

      No offence Aussies…
      I’d love to have a chat (in English) with one of those Abbo chaps you have down there.
      You know the guys I mean?
      Abbos. That’s what you call them.

      -The ones who don’t understand your culture.

      1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

        @sǝɯǝɯ ʇɐ pɐq

        That’s right, all Australians refer to indigenous Australians that way, all share the same racist views.

    1. dereviled

      “I know this is not a very popular idea. You don’t hear it too often any more … but it’s the truth. I have taken drugs before and … I had a real good time. Sorry. Didn’t murder anybody, didn’t rape anybody, didn’t rob anybody, didn’t beat anybody, didn’t lose – hmm – one fucking job, laughed my ass off, and went about my day. ”

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