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REVENUE OFFICERS HAVE seized almost 3 million smuggled cigarettes following a search of a premises in Kildare today.
The 2.9 million cigarettes, branded ‘NZ’, originated in Belarus and had a retail value of over €1.6 million, which would have represented a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €1.3 million.
The seizure was made during an operation conducted as part of the Cross Border Joint Agency Task Force.
A man in his 60s was questioned and investigations into the seizure are ongoing with a view to prosecution.
Meanwhile, another intelligence-led operation today led to the seizure of approximately 500 grams of herbal cannabis with a potential street value of €10,000 following a search of a house in Coolock, north Dublin.
The seizure was made as a result of a joint intelligence-led operation conducted by Revenue’s customs service, gardaí from the divisional drugs unit in Coolock, and the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.
A 22-year-old man was arrested by gardaí and is being detained at Lucan Garda Station under provisions of the Criminal Justice (Drugs Trafficking) Act 1996.
Investigations into the seizure are ongoing.
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Of course they did
@Dave Stewart: The printed and broadcast media are not blameless but it’s not all their fault. Individuals who delight in posting hateful and hurtful material must also carry a large measure of responsibility. You don’t have look to far on the journal.ie to find some of these individuals. Not doubt some of those will be projecting blame onto “the MSM” in an effort to deflect from their own culpability.
@Terry McClatchey: agree completely and I know Twitter is a cesspool but the rank hypocrisy of some on it, people who previously attacked her over various things from Harry styles/ her presenting of shows they hated/ her looks are the same ones blaming the media and telling everyone to be kind
@Terry McClatchey: And the people who are the worst types off offenders online are usually total losers, it makes them feel better to put people down because their lives are so pathetic.
@Terry McClatchey: but who fuels these individuals Terry. If the tabloids hadn’t printed such lies about the night of the argument with her boyfriend would she ever have been called a domestic abuser.
@Dave Stewart: Lets flip this in the spirit of equality and all that.
Say the boyfriend bludgeoned Flack in her sleep with a lamp. Blood all over the place.
Lets say that the boyfriends ex had to run to Australia to get away from the abuse, “got away with their life” as quoted by the ex.
Lets say the boyfriend dated a 17 year old girl when he was 31.
If the boyfriend had killed himself knowing this would all come out in court would anyone give a s*** about the guy? I guess not.
Almost like the bankers saying don’t blame the banks for the crash.arrogance at its finest.
This has a lot more to do with social media use and mental health than just about tabloids.
What happened is a major example of a normal person getting caught in the public social media scope and unable to escape, felt no other way out. Hopefully in years to come people will say how were you ever allowed create online accounts without ID.
@Lad: or maybe it had very little to do with the media, or social media. maybe it was the fact she got confirmation her trial was going to court and she faced the very real possibility of jail on the Friday and that though drove her over the edge. Fact is we will never truly know why, but to ignore the trial and the alleged crime she committed as the potential reason is ridiculous.
@Lad: Its fueled and legitimized by the septic tabloids….I suppose at the end of the day people buy these rags so they are to blame
@guineon: agree 100%
If the roles were reversed then I really do wonder how this would play out
Nobody really knows why Caroline took her own life. Reading between the lines in my opinion this vulnerable girl should have been admitted to a private clinic, where she could rest and take time out as her life seemed to be spiralling out of control.
@Aine O Connor: 100% agree with you.
@Aine O Connor: It’s a shame that we rarely view people in the public eye as fellow humans.
@Cynical: She was not royalty or a politician who are automatically put in the public domain. She put herself there and encouraged it. Got too big for her when things go her direction. Very sad waste.
You’d hardly expect them to take responsibility for it. Social Media, print media, trolls, looming prosecution all played a part in what was ultimately her decision. Until the laws around privacy, trolling, fake news etc change Caroline Flack won’t be the last to resort to this means.
I wonder if anyone cares about Harvey Weinstein’s state of mind?
@SkepticalHippoEyes: no comparison.
@SkepticalHippoEyes: You’re not allowed to say that. The same as you’re not allowed to bring up what was said about the two rugby players who were tried on social media. The very same people that would challenge your statement are the very same people who will decide trial by social media in certain situations is ok because they believe people are guilty. They will never admit the hypocrisy in their actions. I’m guilty of it myself.
Thank god they cleared that up.
Might not be solely the fault of the media for Caroline’s death but the rubbish journalism that tabloids and rag mags put out into the public domain surely didn’t help.
@Luke: yeah I loved the use of the word unchecked. As if everything printed in them gutter rags are unquestionably gospel
Imagine that
Don’t understand why people puy papers these days anyway.. 100% garbage..
@Tomas: they don’t make any money from print anymore. It’s all clicks via social media. That’s where the word clickbait came from. The uglier the story, the more clicks they get. The sun are notorious for it.
@Tomas:
Ignorance and inquisitiveness … until you live long enough to see it’s just trash. Par for the course of many.
Just wish she knew that that overwhelming feeling she felt before she made her final decision would have passed! So sad……
They would tho wouldn’t they
The society I live In hurts me I have far to little to say about life but… it’s hard It’s difficult it’s scary! I pray for every soul who has completed suicide I’m here to chat to anyone! I hope I pray and I care for every human who needs a voice…. I’m here! Two ears one mouth always listening! Ignore the past and let’s see what the future has to offer us! Love to everyone!!!!
Self rightous gits
Came home at 3am last night pi$$ed out of my head, knocking over everything on the way to bed. Sh@t in the bed and vomitted on the cat. This morning I told my wife it would be wrong to blame me. She apologised, naturally. She’s lucky im so forgiving
Same as if police said don’t blames us for lots of crime.
They don’t. Her family released an unposted message from her instagram account this morning. It is clear from it that losing her job and ending up in court were the biggest factors in doing what she did. ALL celebrities get abuse online, she would’ve been getting it before any assault incident occurred and there was no posting about it then.. You can’t have fame without it, whether you like it not you are there to be critiqued, good and bad.
@Daniel Murray: true , unfortunately it is too easy nowadays for people to voice all sorts of nonsense and while it is not popular to say it Caroline clearly had some serious personal problems that needed sorting – her own behaviour and actions led to her death – she clearly needed to be in rehab or private clinic as she had attempted self harm before – even the night of the incident in that last post she was claiming was “an accident” and pleading not guilty- she clearly needed help to cope thru very difficult period – blaming media is a distraction to the reality – any person in her position needs support – very sad
Great to have their unbiased input.
As a friend mine said If you took those tabloid papers into the jax with you more crap would come from the print.
The media only reflects its readership. If no-one clicked on the stories or bought the paper, they wouldn’t publish such trash.
The irony of the headline on TheJournal.ie who themselves are guilty
Society on general blame the tabloid media! Everyone knows this! I wouldt wipe my rear end with one.
The amount of hypocrites that give out about the media are the same ones who will continue to use it. We all read the same showbiz stories, we all have our different opinions about them, and we all to some degree use social media, and for a lot of people its mostly to show off and get attention. Nobody will be giving that up anytime soon, no matter which forms of media you blame or condemn. The amount of people saying i would read that trash; i just dont buy it for one minute. You arent all reading the Times and doing the crossword puzzle afterwards!
@Pauline Gallagher: *wouldnt
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