Bomb disposal unit outside Environment Minister Alan Kelly’s office in Nenagh,
Co Tipperary last Friday
“The Gardaí know my movements, all day, every day, more or less, I go through that all the time so I’m kinda used to that, but this is a different level. The lads inside my office, to be subjected to something like that – where their safety is an issue now – is a level which I’ve never encountered before. Whoever sent this is a scumbag, it’s as simple as that.”
Environment Minister Alan Kelly speaking on Tipp FM this morning following the delivery of a package, containing white powder and a threatening note, at his office in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary last Friday.
The bomb disposal unit later declared it a hoax.
The white powder has a street value of one hundred million dollars, garda sources say.
Alan Kelly: Whoever sent suspicious package ‘is a scumbag’ (Breakingnews.ie)
Pic: Dublin Says No
It’s ok though because Martin Luther King.
what’s an upside down 6?
xᴉs
Annoyin’.. Ja geddit.
Nien !
He should’ve sent it back with ” NO KABLAM! ” written across it.
Do any TDs employ scumbags?
yes, the shinners and AAA do.
Really? And pay PRSI/USC/Tax for them as well?. Do any employ Lynch mobs?
Something else happened over the last few days , what was it again ? Oh ya, 85,000 ppl marched to the GPO RE water charges… any journo going to ask him about that?
Na, too easily distracted …
I think you meant ‘85,000’
The already grossly inflated number being thrown around was 80,000 – will 5k more be added to it every day its repeated?
i was there and in my extreme accurate headcount i thought it was 100,000
but what’s 15-20k between friends…
Sorry, but there was at least 150,000 people there. I was at the Robbie Williams gig a few years back and there was definitely more people there at the weekend.
That’s a terrible thing to admit, you are a brave man.
:) it really, really is
What is the parliamentary definition of ‘scumbag’?
It’s a citizen who does not vote for representatives of the pro-troika parties.
or who does under the guise that they are anti-troika.
“abours way or frankfurts way” was (in hindsight) the suicide note of the labour party, being pro-troika is fine the country all knew FG and FF wouldn’t rock the boat too much with the EU but labours base vote has been lied too.
That’s why FG will survive in decent condition but labour will be badly whipped come the next election.
Its FG, the people no who the real criminals are. Labour is just the dog.
the word is an old old word for a condom. typical kelly.. always has to turn it all blue!
Why the fudge is there so much focus on him using the word ‘scumbag’? Man gets death threat, calls *anonymous* source of threat a scumbag, and everyone talks about him saying scumbag instead of the, ya know, death threat? FFS.
It wasn’t a death threat.
Babypowder won’t kill ya.
You’re actually going to sit there and claim that this wasn’t clear intimitation and harrassment?
That this wasn’t supposed to seem like anthrax or some analogue?
You’re a worse troll than Jonotti
That’s riiiiiight.
Ah no, in all seriousness, that baby powder is very menacing stuff.
In large quantities, it can cause dry skin.
Because obviously the envelope it came in had a note saying ‘Relax buddy, this is just talcum powder. I’m only joking. Soz.’
You’re right.
The note probably said ‘This substance is baby powder and is 100% harmless”
So if you were robbed by someone with a replica gun, its ok because its only a fake gun that can’t do anything? Or if a fake bomb was planted under your car, its ok because its not a real bomb?
When who ever worked in there opened the letter, they weren’t to know what the white powder they got sent was but its ok, Anne says its not an issue.
That was the idea of it – Kelly sits so long on comfy chairs, that an accumulation of sweat builds up in various crevices and something is needed to keep those areas dry. I’d say it was a birthday card or something – or a Good Luck card on the opening of his new office.
It’s interesting though that the area wasn’t cleared – is that a woman and child in the photo?.
I must comment Kelly though – he’s taken over a closed shop (that’s what it looks like in the photo) – a sign of the times.
Depends on what the threatening note says.
Same happened to George Dubya and his Axis of Evil.
The terminology carried more weight and attracted more criticism than the terrorism act that spawned it.
+1
Very good point.
Hmm nasty post arriving that you don’t want
Sounds oddly familiar.
Yes. It’s called ‘janotti’.
Did the letter read, “From one scumbag to another.. xxx ”
“The white powder has a street value of one hundred million dollars, garda sources say.”
lol
Sounds like babypowder to me. Maybe it was meant to be a thoughtful gift.
Exactly how much white powder was sent to him that it was valued at 100,000,000 dollars? And this was posted? Expensive hoax, methinks the sender has screwed themself over.
Just vote him out next election, death threats and poison hoaxs are not on.
According to the water militia it’s basically our civic duty to break the law like this.
I hear there’s 72 virgins set aside for the worthy
Ah here. You’re as bad as that one going on about the baby powder. The anti water movement are not encouraging people to issue death threats. They’re not criminals, FFS.
So is this an example of the McCarthyism you were dribbling about earlier?
Anyone who objects to this corrupt quango is the front wave of ISIS?
Back to Voat ya sack of spanners.
No the example of mccarthyism is evident in this thread.
Anything is excused as long as its on the side of right.
McCarthyism is the accusation of treason without any evidence. Referring to the “water militia” as a group who implore folks to issue death threats to people in our government is dictionary definition McCarthyism. Dismissing or belittling the death threat, while stupid, is just not McCarthyism.
Thank you Moyest.
I agree the stunt was stupid and diversionary.
Apologies : ‘I think’, not ‘I agree’.
What p!sses me off with dopes like you is you spend all that time on ‘FatPeopleHate’ or wherever, bleating about ‘freedom of speach’; the rest of the time you spend trolling, brigading, down-voting and derailing.
Nobody is excusing anything, argue your point or call a waahhmbulance.
I think you got lost on the way to reddit
: )
It’s not that far…
Stick to reddit kiddo.
I think you’ll find this thread is full of people excusing this behaviour. They’ve had the practice, excusing the collection of idiots in most videos of “police brutality” at protest marches.
‘Kiddo’
You breast.
‘Full of people condoning this behaviour.’
Four or five people mocked and pilloried and carefully explained to.
And you helped, kiddo!
What I meant by mccarthyism is that the paranoia that there’s reds under the beds is palpable here. Any opinion is taken as fact when outside the closed loop here things are very different.
Everyone is a blueshirt, israeli shill in DOBs pocket.
Well I’m glad I’m not paranoid then.
So… explain the 72 virgins.
*sigh
1) Who are ‘the reds’? Is that the Lizard People? Coz I like lizards.
2) Who takes the opinions here as fact? It’s often the opposite!!!
3) Outside ‘the loop’ is where we all live. Wtf are you trying to tell us?
You opened with MLK then had a reasoned and nuanced exchange with Anne before deciding that BS was a nest of jihad.
That’s paranoia or a de-rail.
You’re gas!!! Are the “water militia” armed with water pistols or pump-action rifles?
+ 1
Only real valid ‘protest’ in my eyes is your vote, a lot of the rest is attention seeking and a release for the constantly angry/outraged. Also if you’re too stupid to believe politician who promise you the world then you can’t complain that they didn’t live up to the mandate you gave them.
Anyway that duck vine is gas.
This ‘hoax’ was most likely a stunt by a member of the Labour party to demonize Labour opponents. Happens all the time and you’ll notice that people are hardly ever arrested for these threats.
FALSE FLAG OPERATION , WAKE UP SHEEPLE
Or you know, it was a scumbag moron who thought they were being clever and smashing the system
One of these accounts has to be Paul Murphy
How often do people get arrested for anonymous letters or packages being sent? They hardly put their name or return address on it ffs
Another false flag claim from Mr T. Have you ever managed to prove any of these?
True Mr.T., it was probably one of their own scumbags what sent the babypowder.
Yeah, it was an inside job to manipulate the public narrative. That’s definitely the rational assumption here. Definitely.
It was the Lizard people.
Oh what an utterly predictable response.
Politics in Ireland is dirty. This sort of thing is run of the mill. Ask anyone who works in the background with politicians.
Without question its a dirty tactic by FG.
‘PEACEFUL PROTEST!’
What about your one in the photo pushing the pram up to the bomb disposal guys.
‘Sure its grand, come on up and have a look. They are always hoax’s these days.’
Any muppet with a roll of Sellotape and a bag of talcum powder is a terrorist in waiting these days. Back in the day they would just chuck it in the bin. Does Alan Kelly really think he is important enough to waste good Anthrax on. His statement on the matter is not very statesman like either. What an amateur, he thinks he’s Dirty Harry. It said a lot about him really.
‘Back in the day’ – could you be more exact with that?
Do I have to? It’s just an internet comment. Just take the sentiment and move on. Lordy.
The sentiment appears to be that you hate the man so much, you’re willing to totally dismiss a death threat. That’s pretty stupid.
No, death ‘threat’ is a joke, so is minister Alan Kelly.
Chris, do you have sympathy for other people who have received similar packages in the post?
If so, why?
Syntax please.
Alan Kelly – ‘then you gotta ask yourself one question, ‘do I feel lucky’, well do you? Punk!’
Sherry Fitzgerald will be delighted at the free ad.
You wouldn’t be sad that an elected representative had been murdered by political activists?
Babypowder never murdered no one.
Yes, I think that is exactly the point the sender hoped to convey. A point so correct, you’ve decided to repeat it a few times.
Hearsay has it that one possibly was killed by his own as the scandal from his deviant behaviour would have brought down the government at the time. Don’t know if its true or false
I don’t believe that this actually happened
I’d say it was a well-intended, anonymous gift from a party supporter; talc for a bottom sore as a result of performance.
woman with pram looks terrified .
Its seems a bit sinister, every time there’s another water demo, Kelly gets in the
news too, this time a package, it had to have stamp, it should be easy to locate
the stamp sales point, indeed a lot of the postal collection boxes are covered by
CCTV, how come it was not intercepted in the postal system, there is something
bizarre about all this.
because this is ireland, not CSI
I don’t believe a word ‘ve it
The Tip thing to do would be
Spray the ûnt with slurry
Or
Smack him wi’ya hurl
Or
Sum’ting like that
White powder is all very durty tricks back channelling stuff
Stupid prick was nowhere t’be seen last week
“the Minister is unavailable”
What does AKs brudder do again?
So here’s the thing. I get that people are annoyed at the current government about Irish Water and they are fully entitled to speak their minds and protest etc. That is the very fabric that democracy is set out on. What I don’t get is these same people who feel that because they don’t agree with something that the whole government is corrupt and therefore it’s ok to threaten members. Whether this is with a hurl as someone mentioned or sending a powder in an envelope to their office – this is never acceptable and if you think that it is, then you’re just shy of condoning shooting them in the street. Just because it turned out to not be a dangerous substance doesn’t make it any less insidious.
These are the same people who call the Gardai scumbags and yell shame on you at them despite the fact that they have actually got a job to do. The way lots of these people go on you’d swear the Gardai get paid in gold bars and have formed a nice orderly queue to pay their bills. I’m pretty much sure they didn’t. I’m pretty much sure they struggle as much as the next man to pay their bills and the last thing they need is another bill.
I don’t agree with Irish Water. But I do think that our current infrastructure is in the toilet and needs upgrading. So whatever way you cut it we’re going to have to pay for it. We blame Europe and the government and the previous government for selling us down the river. I don’t hear many people put their hands up and say yeah, maybe I shouldn’t have bought that €600k house when I was only earning €45k a year. Or perhaps they could say “I shouldn’t have bought that €35,000 BMW”. It’s not all everyone elses fault. It’s like the GAA at the weekend. Dublin fans moaning that they would’ve won if only for the ref. Let’s stop passing the buck and realise that some of this issue is of our own making.