BREAKING: Gardai confirm that a terror attack is a line of inquiry
— Garreth MacNamee (@garmacnamee) January 3, 2018
BREAKING: Gardai confirm that a terror attack is a line of inquiry
— Garreth MacNamee (@garmacnamee) January 3, 2018
This afternoon.
Dundalk, County Louth.
RTE reports:
A 24-year-old man has died and two others were wounded in a stabbing incident in Dundalk.
The incident happened on Avenue Road at around 9am. The victim, who is from Japan, was attacked on the street and fatally stabbed.
Two other Irish men were subsequently attacked with an iron bar.
Gardaí who were called to the scene confronted and disarmed the attacker, who was armed with a number of weapons.
He is believed to be 18 and from Egypt.
One dead, two wounded in Dundalk attack (RTE)
Pic: Stephanie Grogan
Meanwhile…
On The Liberal…
Meanwhile…
Literal copy and paste of talking points from 4chan to Twitter re Dundalk. pic.twitter.com/6tTmB9v6nF
— matthew mulligan (@_mattuna) January 3, 2018
The Journal comments section is salivating.
The collective orgasm is currently registering on the Richter scale. There have been several stabbings this week that took lives but now that one of dem furners has done it, they care.
The place is a [sweary filter] poop hole
I can’t stand it. Don’t know how you do it Daisy.
It’s an aggressive slurry hole of narrow-minded angryv little people, by and large nowadays.
Don’t go near politics.ie, Daisy – the glee of some of the posters about this attack is disturbing – they are joyfully using this to attack immigration..
Wait until one calls to a place near u.
Can’t wait topsy – I’ll be giving them directions to your place
and so they should be.
Zappone resign now
never mind the murder, just look at the coverage!! look over there! The Journal…..knuckle draggers……
Let’s all be upset at the coverage and comments.
Oh
There was someone murdered?
Oh I see, and the folks over on the other media sites wouldn’t dare use this as a means of promoting their own bias or agenda. Like it or not, that is what the media is these days.
I’m confused here! Andrew seems rightly upset that people seem to be concentrating on details of the attacker rather than the victim(s). Now Mildred, I’m trying to understand your response..who are the ‘folks’? The publishers or the commenters? What bias/agenda are you referring to (and from whom is this coming from)? And what IS ‘the media’ these days? I just don’t see the link between your comments…
I believe I may owe Andrew an apology for flying off the handle actually. Sorry, Andrew. It was a case of type first and read second, leaving me red faced and foolish. Sorry again.
My initial reading was that Andrew was condemning Broadsheet for posting this. I was referring to editorial decisions, as opposed to comments, but either way, he makes a fair point.
However, my own point is that, on the journal, for example, they post the story as news, tagged as ‘must read’, knowing it will kick off a frenzy of comments from their readers, all of whom have a certain agenda or bias. The same is true of the editors at the journal. And here at Broadsheet, and any other outlet the world over.
And people, sadly, will focus on the ethnicity/nationality of the perpetrator as opposed to the victim because that is the current social climate we are living in, and the media (radio, tv, internet, social media etc) is reflecting this and contributing to this.
The Journal did the exact opposite of this so far on this story. They hid it until the press conference and deleted hundreds of comments on their facebook page and comment section.
You can only imagine the ones they deleted
Spot on Andrew. Somebody was stabbed to death and some people’s reaction is to express outrage at commentary they don’t agree with. Darting around looking for people who don’t adhere to their liberal orthodoxy. Really disrespectful to the person who had died today.
Wrong: you have merely identified one of the reactions put forward here by some people.
You don’t actually know how those people reacted to the news of the murder itself as they have not chosen to share that here.
Ps you’re a willy and so is Andrew. Happy to help.
What IS wrong with you?
Oh we have our own Fox News now. Great.
Assaults (both minor and those causing actual bodily harm) are up to 10,600 in the 12 months to October 2017.
The vast majority of people involved (assailant and victim) are males aged 18-39. Over 50% take place between the hours of 8pm and 5am. 75% of the assaults do not involve alcohol.
Isn’t this something we should be talking about? I feel like this is something that needs addressing.
75% don’t involve alcohol?!
Doesn’t sound right, does it?
Not the only mind-altering substance that could be involved, though.
According to the figures only 25% involved intoxication of the assailant, the victim or both.
That’s very surprising.
You’d better get back on the sauce, Bertie. It’s safer.
Was thinking the same :)
Haha statistically speaking it’d seem to be the case! Are you on the dry Bertie?
I am.
Til Valentine’s Day. ;)
the wedding’s not on valentine’s day, is it?
No, the following weekend.
My folks were married on Valentine’s Day… I thought this was very romantic until my Da explained you got your tax back in those days so the nearer to April you got married the better….
Oh, the humanity!
Why is my post below yours? They’re out of sync. Am I on the naughty fupping step?!?
in my mind, you are
Sounds like a Tom waits song Bertie – will you be eligible for parole that day as well!?
Where’d you get the figures Repro, out of interest?
Some are from an article in the Irish Times today and some are from here – http://garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=18992
Ooo err, Missus!
Ah, Jaysus. Everything’s fupped up.
come here to me, love
you see the ‘reply’ button on each comment?
People still read the Lieberal?
Certain people do yeah. I think we know what kind of people too.
coming over here, taking our Irish terrorist jobs…..
Melissa Butler (clearly a fan of Justin Barrett) says she wants an Ireland not free merely, but Gaelic as well; not Gaelic merely, but free as well.
No clue what that means but one thing is for sure, because of the multinationals like PayPal, Dundalk boasts of a wide range of nationalities and ethnic backgrounds now, and very few people would disagree that the town is all the better for it.
Speak for yourself love.
…and now terrorists are making a contribution.
Death to the infant dels
A bit too close to the border to attempt redefining what Irish Nationalism means I expect. Does this Melissa Butler person even exist?
I want her to have my white Irish catholic babies