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CLAIMING THEY ARE in the middle of a theft epidemic, farmers in Ireland have called for more Garda supervision of the scrap metal industry.
According to the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA), current arrangements around the buying and selling of valuable scrap metals has led to the “wholesale pillaging of farms by gangs”.
The association’s president Jackie Cahill said that the arrangements in the country’s commercial metal recycling centres are “unacceptably casual”.
“It is literally an epidemic of theft. We’re talking about wholesale pillaging of farms, where we have groups arriving in vans and proceeding to steal whatever they want, or whatever they estimate they’ll be able to sell on. What is causing me such concern is that they seem to be able to convert into cash whatever it is they steal without any bother at all,” Cahill said in the association’s latest newsletter.
He claims that the stolen metals are exchanged for cash at the country’s 55 commercial recycling centres.
“We will be writing to the Garda Commissioner asking him to ensure that the Gardai become a much more regular presence at these metal recycling centres so that they can observe the actually receiving of the scrap itself.I’ve no doubt at all that such a presence of officers will greatly reduce the amount of stolen metals and scrap being offered for sale at these locations, and it will also enable the Gardaí to build up a valuable profile of the individuals and groups involved in this trade.”
Cahill also called on the Government to insist that the centres keep a full register of those who have sold scrap to them. Further to this, he suggested that centres should only pay for scrap by cheque or by direct transfer to a bank accout.
“If you came by the scrap legitimately why would you have a problem with that,” he asked.
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Why would airlines operate flights at a loss and the airports get state aid? Surely the incentive should be to the airlines too?
@Peter O Donnell: You’d think that logically. If the airlines had an incentive to fly then the airports wouldn’t need funding…. More logical decision making made here by Eamonn Ryan. Better than nothing I guess though.
@Peter O Donnell: Simple. Planes lose more money not flying than flying….
What pandemic.? Surely a pandemic suggests a massive rise in mortality rates.? So far in 2020 the monthly mortality rates compared to the same month of the 5 previous years, with the exception of April when our government threw the elderly to the wolves is lower.
@John Brendan Mullen: boring!
@John Brendan Mullen: thanks doctor.
@John Brendan Mullen: oh and check the news before you post. Italy records its highest daily deaths since April.
@Wreck Tangle: you define pandemic for us all please. I’m curious about your definition.
@Paul Furey: as opposed to what .? Summer months always have lower mortality rates than winter.
@Paul Furey: ye don’t have to be a doctor to know that “pandemic” is accompanied by a massive spike in mortality rates. That’s not the case in 2020. Ireland actually has lower monthly mortality rates compared to the same month of the previous 5 years. Panicdemic more like
@Paul Furey: duh.
@Wreck Tangle: yeah, you wouldn’t want anything as boring as the truth get in the way of a good story.
@John Brendan Mullen: “A pandemic (from Greek πᾶν, pan, “all” and δῆμος, demos, “people”) is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of people. ” (…..hint….worldwide….)
@John Brendan Mullen: the lockdown worked and sheltered people like yourself from reality.
@John Brendan Mullen:
Why are the comments closed on the Healy Rea/deleany story. Surely can’t be for legal reasons
@ChuckE: you know why!!! Just think how many comments they would have to delete.
They would be better off building housing and looking after people with that money were is all the profit airlines have made over the years
@Pauline Cahill: you’re ok with the airlines folding, reducing in size and jobs being lost?
@Pauline Cahill: where are all the profits that pubs and other businesses have made over the years gone? The exact same place as airlines profits due to govt restrictions.
@Pauline Cahill: shareholders dividends
Wonder what Shannon will get as they have been ran into the ground by all governments..
Pity as with The present one and the Greens the traffic and the congestion etc to use Dublin is a bug of mine let alone the cost of Aviation Fuel to fly over Shannon personally does not make sense forgetting the passengers are from the whole country not just Dublin ..
@Sportmad: Airlines determine the routes they fly based on where the market is and where they can make money. Shannon cost Aer Lingus a fortune with their Boeing 707s and 747s from the 60s to the 80s. The fleet had double the amount of take off and landing cycles as their peers and with a full base due to the enforced Shannon Stopover. Madness! And who remembers being stuck in Shannon Airport at 4am for 90 mins while trying to get back to Dublin from the US. Having said all of this what could the government do for Shannon that would not cost the state a fortune and would benefit the country.
@Paul Furey: fair points but the fact remains that Dublin and Cork has been given a big advantage by Government in the funding it receives and as all are owned by the Government why is there a seperate Authority for Shannon..
Dublin and cork nearly 1bn in revenue 2019 and with snn just 24 m
There is a massive disparity in that
counties outside the pale and rebel county a fair share and then see
We have to travel to and from Dublin from west and its much easier now not 4hrs but yes 2hrs have you ever stayed outside dublin or used tge region’s airports doubt it.. but yet we must go to Dublin i have used ever Airport in this country and region ones best..
Dublin is a nightmare
Give the cash to not just snn but kerry and Galway the others are ok with those profits others not..
Rant over
What about all the profits and grants the DAA received over the years. What about DAA staff who took pay cuts? The media should look into ERIC and see how the DAA broke it’s promise to staff regarding it.
Chicken feed to be fair.
If I had a choice support our airports or the media I would back our airport’s
So about the same price as a prawn sandwich and a Coke.
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