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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:35 pm 
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They can kangaroo up some charges for this bozo, but we still have no bankers facing a firing squad?

fixed that for you YM ;-)

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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:46 am 
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'Anglo Avenger' walks free over lorry protest -> http://www.herald.ie/national-news/cour ... 89315.html

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A property developer has been found not guilty of criminal damage and dangerous driving charges after an incident in which a concrete mixer truck was driven at the gates of Leinster House.
The lorry, which had the words "Toxic Bank" and "Anglo" painted in red on its sides, caused €35 of minor damage.
Joe McNamara (41), of Dun na Carraige, Blackrock, Co Galway, who owed Anglo Irish Bank €7.5m, was charged at Dublin District Court.
The court heard Mr McNamara, dubbed 'the Anglo Avenger', was exercising his rights to express opinions and he denied dangerous driving, criminal damage, not having a certificate of road worthiness, and failing to produce a driving licence.

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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 3:10 pm 
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And for the cherry picker stunt:

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A DUBLIN COURT HAS struck out the charges brought against a protester who parked a cherry picker truck outside Leinster House.

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RTÉ.ie reports that McNamara’s solicitor, Cahir O’Higgins, told the court that McNamara regretted any inconvenience and waste of court and state resources. McNamara said to journalists gathered at Dublin District Court that there would be “no more protests”.

Dublin District Court had recently dismissed criminal damage and dangerous driving charges against McNamara relating to an incident in September 2010 in which he drove a cement mixer to the gates of Leinster House.


http://www.thejournal.ie/charges-over-a ... 7-May2011/


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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 5:14 pm 
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Dubhgeannain wrote:
And for the cherry picker stunt:

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A DUBLIN COURT HAS struck out the charges brought against a protester who parked a cherry picker truck outside Leinster House.

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RTÉ.ie reports that McNamara’s solicitor, Cahir O’Higgins, told the court that McNamara regretted any inconvenience and waste of court and state resources. McNamara said to journalists gathered at Dublin District Court that there would be “no more protests”.

Dublin District Court had recently dismissed criminal damage and dangerous driving charges against McNamara relating to an incident in September 2010 in which he drove a cement mixer to the gates of Leinster House.


http://www.thejournal.ie/charges-over-a ... 7-May2011/

Nothing to do so with the write down of his debt?

(I'm assuming this is the only way his debt has 'reduced a hell of a lot since')

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He also said that while at the time he had owed 7.5m to Anglo Irish Bank, that "debt has reduced a hell of a lot since".

http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 88897.html

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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:15 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:22 pm 
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What the Anglo Avenger did next:

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A massive Stonehenge-esque structure has appeared on an Achill hilltop over the weekend. The man behind the clandestine project, the purpose of which remains unclear, is Achill native Joe McNamara, also known as ‘The Anglo Avenger’ after his high-profile protests against Anglo Irish Bank last year.
Reportedly over six months in planning, the enormous circular structure, which is located on commonage land above Pollagh, was erected at great speed but with a high level of precision. A group of men, with McNamara in charge, worked long hours over the weekend on its construction. The projected cost of its manufacture and installation is believed to be in excess of €1 million.
The structure – dubbed Achill-henge – was built without planning permission, a spokesperson for Mayo County Council told The Mayo News. Towering nearly 15 feet from its base, it is 30 metres in diameter and has a circumference of close to 100 metres. Over 30 articulated trucks arrived in Pollagh on Friday from Galway carrying pre-cast concrete, and work began in mid-morning. Mayo County Council has taken the matter to the High Court.


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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:00 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:27 pm 
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Awesome!

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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:30 pm 
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Open Window wrote:
Awesome!


would need to see a few more pictures before saying that

it looks like they might have got the proportions wrong

but not a bad idea TBF

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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:59 pm 
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I predict a massive statue of Sean Fitzpatrick looking heavenwards with a beatific look on his face in the centre...no?

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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:05 am 
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Brilliant. That's how to do it.
A weekend build.
Lovely.

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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:10 am 
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Whats so great about it?


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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:19 am 
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Well it has more merit than the Spire but there again everything does.

Seriously though, what was he thinking by building without planning permission, especially on Achill Island???? That said, we need more rebels in this failed state.

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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:45 am 
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it cant have any less architectural merit than the bungalow blight on Achill

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 Post subject: Re: Man in Cherry Picker outside Leinster House
PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:42 am 
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Homeboy wrote:
Well it has more merit than the Spire but there again everything does.


I don't get why people hate the Spire, I think its a fantastic piece of work. And the piece of shit it replaced is better forgotten. The big problem with the spire is the bulb on top is a joke and costs a fortune to replace. It would have been better designed without the light, or at least with a gas light.


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