More Dissident-Republican Activity

[EC Unique]

Nolan on the radio this morning questioning if it were a suicide bomb attempt! Prat!

[Harold Disgracey]

These geniuses remind me of a poem about an attempt to blow up a statue of a horse in Phoenix Park in the 50s.

GOUGH'S STATUE

There are strange things done from twelve to one
In the hollow at Phaynix Park,
There's maidens mobbed and gentlemen robbed
In the bushes after dark;
But the strangest of all within human recall
Concerns the statue of Gough,
'Twas a terrible fact, and a most wicked act,
For his bollix they tried to blow off!

'Neath the horse's big p***k a dynamite stick
Some gallant 'hayro' did place,
For the cause of our land, with a match in his hand
Bravely the foe he did face;
Then without showing fear – and standing well clear –
He expected to blow up the pair
But he nearly went crackers, all he got was the knackers
And he made the poor stallion a mare!

For his tactics were wrong, and the p***k was too long
(The horse being more than a foal)
It would answer him better, this dynamite setter,
The stick to shove up his own hole!
For this is the way our 'hayroes' today
Are challenging England's might,
With a stab in the back and a midnight attack
On a statue that can't even shite!

[deiseach]

For this is the way our 'hayroes' today
Are challenging England's might,
With a stab in the back and a midnight attack
On a statue that can't even shite!

I've heard Brendan Behan quoted, on the occasion of the blowing up of Nelson's Pillar, along the lines of "trust the IRA to blow up a horse that can't shite!" It was a good quip but never made much sense. Nelson wasn't on a horse, was he? And wasn't Behan as dead as Nelson at the time? Now I know where it came from. Much obliged for the enlightenment.

[Milltown Row2]

That's it, lift Duffy!!!

Only a matter of time in fairness.

[orangeman]

That's it, lift Duffy!!!

Colin Duffy among three terror accused Colin Duffy is charged with IRA membership
Prominent County Armagh republican Colin Duffy has appeared in court charged with IRA membership.

Two other men also appeared at Belfast Magistrate's Court on firearm charges.

In court were Mr Duffy, 46, of Forest Lane, Lurgan, Henry Fitzsimons, 45, of no fixed abode, and 52-year-old Alex McCrory of Sliabh Dubh, Belfast.

Mr Duffy was charged with membership of a proscribed organisation, namely the IRA, between January and December of this year.

Mr McCrory and Mr Fitzsimons were both charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life on 5 December in Belfast.

None of the defendants applied for bail. All three were remanded in custody until 14 January.

Mr Duffy gave a thumbs up sign to supporters who cheered from the public gallery as the three men were led away

[glens abu]

That's it, lift Duffy!!!

Colin Duffy among three terror accused Colin Duffy is charged with IRA membership
Prominent County Armagh republican Colin Duffy has appeared in court charged with IRA membership.

Two other men also appeared at Belfast Magistrate's Court on firearm charges.

In court were Mr Duffy, 46, of Forest Lane, Lurgan, Henry Fitzsimons, 45, of no fixed abode, and 52-year-old Alex McCrory of Sliabh Dubh, Belfast.

Mr Duffy was charged with membership of a proscribed organisation, namely the IRA, between January and December of this year.

Mr McCrory and Mr Fitzsimons were both charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life on 5 December in Belfast.

None of the defendants applied for bail. All three were remanded in custody until 14 January.

Mr Duffy gave a thumbs up sign to supporters who cheered from the public gallery as the three men were led away

Jesus 3 big hitters accused there.

[Orior]

I assume it was the American Golf shop that was targeted - are they the enemies of a United Ireland?

Or was the culprit heading for the Joke Shop?

[orangeman]

The security forces seem to be well on top of these lads now. The surveillance seems top notch.

A security alert in County Tyrone, that started after a van was stopped and two men arrested, is now over.

Officers stopped the van on the Corbally Road in Fintona shortly before 02:00 BST on Tuesday and detained two men aged 33 and 45.

Police have said a substantial quantity of material, believed to be fertiliser, was removed from the van and taken away for detailed examination.

People who were moved from their homes have been allowed to return.

Earlier, BBC News NI's reporter Julian Fowler, who was at the scene, said the van was stopped on the road with the rear doors open and Army bomb disposal experts were using two robots to look inside.

"Witnesses have described being woken about 02:30 BST and seeing flares lighting up the surrounding fields," he said.

"They report seeing large numbers of heavily armed police officers in the area. Later, they say, a police helicopter and plane flew over the scene."

[LeoMc]

The security forces seem to be well on top of these lads now. The surveillance seems top notch.

A security alert in County Tyrone, that started after a van was stopped and two men arrested, is now over.

Officers stopped the van on the Corbally Road in Fintona shortly before 02:00 BST on Tuesday and detained two men aged 33 and 45.

Police have said a substantial quantity of material, believed to be fertiliser, was removed from the van and taken away for detailed examination.

People who were moved from their homes have been allowed to return.

Earlier, BBC News NI's reporter Julian Fowler, who was at the scene, said the van was stopped on the road with the rear doors open and Army bomb disposal experts were using two robots to look inside.

"Witnesses have described being woken about 02:30 BST and seeing flares lighting up the surrounding fields," he said.

"They report seeing large numbers of heavily armed police officers in the area. Later, they say, a police helicopter and plane flew over the scene."

Turns out it was just a couple of boys stealing fertiliser
.

[orangeman]

The security forces seem to be well on top of these lads now. The surveillance seems top notch.

A security alert in County Tyrone, that started after a van was stopped and two men arrested, is now over.

Officers stopped the van on the Corbally Road in Fintona shortly before 02:00 BST on Tuesday and detained two men aged 33 and 45.

Police have said a substantial quantity of material, believed to be fertiliser, was removed from the van and taken away for detailed examination.

People who were moved from their homes have been allowed to return.

Earlier, BBC News NI's reporter Julian Fowler, who was at the scene, said the van was stopped on the road with the rear doors open and Army bomb disposal experts were using two robots to look inside.

"Witnesses have described being woken about 02:30 BST and seeing flares lighting up the surrounding fields," he said.

"They report seeing large numbers of heavily armed police officers in the area. Later, they say, a police helicopter and plane flew over the scene."

Turns out it was just a couple of boys stealing fertiliser
.

LOL


No feed for the choppers, the flares then. "Surveillance" might ot be as reliable as first thought.

[theticklemister]

Why use the title security forces?

[orangeman]

Why use the title security forces?

What should we call them now do you think ?

[johnneycool]

No feed for the choppers, the flares then. "Surveillance" might ot be as reliable as first thought.

I'm nearly sure there's more to this than meets the eye. I would find it very hard to believe that the police went all guns blazing with a chopper in tow to a back road a couple of miles outside of Fintona at two in the morning if it was just an "ordinary" theft catch, resulting in the bomb squad being called in later as well. Maybe the authorities got a tip off that was accurate in one way but dishonest in another, maybe even a decoy? Something doesn't make sense.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-27054836

Charges downscaled to theft and going equipped for theft!!

Thought I saw an old wagtail fertilizer spinner on TV footage the other night and remember thinking to myself that having fertilizer was one thing but you wouldn't need one of those if you were making a bomb!!

[Minder]

Former member of CIRA shot dead on Springfield Rd, Belfast

[orangeman]

Tommy Crossan was shot dead in the grounds of an industrial complex in West Belfast, in full view of surrounding houses, a local representative said.

A priest attended to pray over the bloodied victim in an area long known as a republican heartland but which has been relatively peaceful in recent years following the end of the IRA campaign in 1998.


Crossan was reportedly the Continuity IRA's former leader and was believed to be the subject of a death threat from his former allies.

The organisation has opposed the peace process which largely ended three decades of violence and transformed the region.

The attack happened at the Peter Pan Centre in Springfield Road, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said.

The road, one of the main arterial routes, has been closed to traffic.

Family members have arrived and are said to be devastated.

The largely-nationalist area of Belfast is mainly made up of tightly-packed terraced housing estates and businesses.