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NATO HAS SAID had tracked four groups of Russian warplanes “conducting significant military manoeuvres” in European airspace over the past two days.
“These sizeable Russian flights represent an unusual level of air activity over European airspace,” NATO said.
The planes, which included strategic bombers, fighters and tanker aircraft, were detected over the Baltic Sea, North Sea/Atlantic Ocean and the Black Sea on Tuesday and Wednesday, it said.
NATO allies sent up aircraft to intercept and identify the Russian planes which were continually tracked on the ground as well, it said in a report from its SHAPE military headquarters in Mons, western Belgium.
The report made no mention of the Ukraine crisis nor linked the increased activity to it.
However, Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, which NATO says constitutes the most serious threat to US-Europe security since the Cold War, has sent tensions soaring.
NATO’s eastern members, many of them such as Poland and Baltic states once ruled from Moscow, have been particularly nervous and the US-led alliance has put in place additional aircraft and personnel on a rotating basis to reassure them.
NATO said there had been more than 100 intercepts of Russian aircraft in 2014 to date, about three times more than in 2013.
“Scrambles and intercepts are standard procedure when an unknown aircraft approaches NATO airspace,” it said.
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I spoke to a parent who was at the concert and I believe the condition of some of the young teenagers at the concert was nothing short of disgraceful. Under age girls falling around getting sick Surely something has to be done about this. Can the gardai not have a holding area where these people can be held for their own safety until a responsible guardian collects them.
The article says the met the men in a night club after the concert as for the holding area it is a way to stop underage drinking seen it enforced at an underage disco worked perfectly
I heard it was 2 members of the jason derulo fellas entourage! Not sure how true that was though. I dont know how girls in there got so drunk. Any time i went there you were properly searched before you went in, turned away if you were pissed and could only by one drink at the bar per time so you couldn’t by loads for teenagers. It’s stupid getting that locked at a concert … ruins it for yourself and everyone around ya!
I believe they have done away with searches. Probably cutbacks so these greedy organisers can squeeze every last penny out of teenagers. Also I believe most of these kids were drunk going in so should have been stopped at the entrance if people were doing their jobs
Searches and people being stopped for being drunk all falls down to who was providing security at the event
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Castrate them and put them in a cell with a lifer. Unfortunately this is Ireland so they will be out in time for the next big concert
Stan
No need for a trial?
Yes if they are guilty of course. It is true that some women falsely accuse men of sexual assault but that is most likely not the case
I will hold my powder on this
Stan, a bit early in the morning to be grabbing your lighted torch and pitchfork isn’t it? I thought mob rule only came out after dark.
I doubt very much that we have any lifers in Irish prisons.
Ok I relent. I’ll put the pitchfork down.
So Stan you were the car and saw everything ?
Do you not understand what the word “allegation” means? There’s also a principal in the justice system that people are innocent until they’re proven guilty.
Stan … I think you mean castrate them if they’re guilty
Why so many red thumbs for Stan? 29 people think it’s ok to sexual assault young girls? Castration would be too good for these two perverts. Obviously they are guilty or it wouldn’t have made the news, journalist have good sources in the police, this isn’t just hear say. I wish the girls all the strength in the world to get over this horrible act of perversion.
Ah well if it’s in the news it must be true. Cancel the court case so.
Malcom, if someone made an allegation against you and you were arrested by the police do you think that you should be castrated on the spot? Only this week a woman was jailed for making false allegations against a man who was totally innocent. no doubt you would have had him castrated as well.
Look up “due process” and perhaps that will explain the 29 red thumbs for you.
Yes Stan it is most likely not the case … Still can’t castrate someone based in most likely
Personally I think anyone who is guilty of sexual assault should be put in life behind bars for life, if only it was like America here, and that they would be locked up for 23 hours of the day in their own cell. This way they are left to think of what they done for the rest of their lives and eventually they will go mad. Unfortunately we don’t have laws that hold criminals to 60+ years. I really think we should revise our law system and instead of locking people up for minor things we should lock up the seriously dangerous people up for the rest of their lives. You ruin someone’s life then your life deserves to be ruined.
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