Monthly Archives: July 2012

Run away.

THE AUTHORITIES in the Republic are powerless to force the return of Peter Darragh Quinn to the State to serve the sentence imposed on him by the High Court last week if he has left the jurisdiction.

Garda sources said last night a number of addresses in the Republic linked to him had been visited but there was no sign of him or any indication of where he might be.

If Mr Quinn were tracked down by police in the North where he resides, or in another country, it would be impossible to forcibly return him to the Republic because he has not committed a criminal offence.

This means Mr Quinn, with an address in Fermanagh, can only be brought before the High Court or committed to prison in the Republic to serve the sentence if he voluntarily presents himself to gardaí.

Peter Quinn Cannot Be Forced To Return If He Has Left State (Conor Lally and Niamh Sweeney, Irish Times)

Quinn Says He ‘Stood Up To Bullies’ (Niamh Sweeney, Irish Times)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

Daryl Feehely writes:

Here are a few shots [more here] from the Lisa Hannigan gig last night [at the Iveagh Gardens, Dublin]. They may be of interest because she got pelted with paint at the end as in the video for her song Knots.

 

Ros adds:

Here’s a video I took from up the front of the paint bit of the performance. Was such a special night.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW3Nmtkn_Lc&feature=plcp

Documents show that a James Holmes (above) had been enrolled on a course called Biological Basis of Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders. He gave a presentation on May 8 on the topic of “MicroRNA biomarkers.”

He had previously graduated from the University of California in spring 2010 with a BSc in neuroscience.

Holmes was described as the “top of the top” in academic terms by his former university.

Timothy White, chancellor of University of California, Riverside, said: “He was an honours student, so academically he was top of the top.”

The suspect’s mother reportedly told a neighbour at the family home in California that that Holmes couldn’t find a job after finishing his studies.

Speaking to the Associated Press, Tom Mai said the family had lived in a well-to-do part of San Diego for about 10 years.

Holmes’s mother is a nurse and his father worked at a software company, Mr Mai said. The neighbour described the couple’s son – whom he spoke to on occasion only to say ‘hello’ – as shy and a loner.

 

Colorado Theater Shooting Suspect James Holmes Was Doctoral Student (Guardian)

 

Holmes was armed with an AR-15 assault rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and a Glock .40-caliber handgun, said Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates. A .40-caliber handgun was found in his car, which was parked just outside the rear entrance to the cinema.

He bought a ticket to the midnight show, the first for the latest Batman movie, and entered the theater with the crowd, a U.S. law enforcement official tells the Associated Press. Holmes then allegedly propped open an exit door after the movie started, donned protective gear and started shooting.

Another source tells AP the assault rifle was equipped with a high-capacity, drum-style ammunition clip.


Who Is James Homes? (USA Today)