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FOUR PEOPLE HAVE been arrested after Gardaí foiled a planned robbery of a cash-in-transit van in Dublin.
Officers found a sawn-off shotgun and a sledgehammer after they intercepted and searched a car in Knocklyon on Dublin’s southside this afternoon.
Three men, two in their 20s and one in his 30s, were arrested at the scene. A woman in her 20s was also arrested as part of the operation.
Detectives from the Organised Crime Unit along with local Gardaí were involved in the search and arrest operation, which was part of an ongoing investigation into criminal gangs who have been targeting cash-in-transit vans.
The four people are currently being detained at Tallaght and Rathfarnham Garda stations.
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It will change if trump tries to pull american multinational companies and other companies out of ireland
@Richard Doherty: Those multinationals need a European presence. We are that. They will not move.
@Richard Doherty:
They’re not going anywhere if they want access to the EU single market.
TTIP is a bigger danger to ireland. Free trade between EU and US erodes the necessity for US corporations to set up a base within the EU. Luckily for us, Trump will put the brakes on that.
We’d bend over whatever they do
Everything will be fine lads, relax and have a Toblerone.
Even Toblerone has changed for the worse
…same country, different @rse for Enda to kiss.
Except, even the Toblerone isn’t reliable anymore – did you see the new shape??!
They rolled out the red carpet to him last time he visited, before he even began running for president. If he shows up now they will probably just sign over the country and we will be annexed to the US.
That was when he had his chequebook with him.
Next time he will have the chequebook of the richest nation in the world with him. They’ll be kissing his boots to her face time with him.
Barely remember anyone from Irish political scene to do or say anything good about Trump recently. You have selective memory @Jeff.
@Emachine: And we’ll still pay the bill for him.
Richest nation? Trillions of national debt. Ireland is richer. We only owe billions.
Not at all cortisola, did you really believe they actually meant anything they have said over the past few months?
It does not help when Enda Kenny insulted him. Enda should have kept quiet. Denis o Brien wont be happy or his media Empire.
All main Irish politics and media bullied Trump for last few months in big style.
@Garda Daz Topaz:
Was there anyone in Irish politics who didn’t insult him?
@Garda Daz Topaz: He insulted him and now he is president he,s welcoming him with open arms. Kenny is a little lick arse with no principles. By the way I hope this goes to show once and for all the so called polls are a joke.
@cortisola: practically the whole worlds media went for trump on hillary and co’s instructions which should have scared the shite out of anybody with their eyes wide open, until of course the all seeing eye couldn’t put their gal in the white house lol
Wonder will Enda quiz trump on his racist remarks when he passes the church collection, sorry shamrock bowl to him on paddys day
@Patrick Norton: we’re going to need the emergency plate!
If he dares to…
Patrick – I wonder if Donald will quiz Enda on his racist remarks. They might just have something in common, other than embarrassing hand signals.
Will he deport the illegal Irish over there?
@Noirin Kavanagh: If they are illegal, they shouldn’t be there in the first place.
He’ll likely make a number of mistaken populist gestures before they are have to be rowed back on but the damage will be done by then.
They should trace roots of all illegal emigrants down to 1776 and then deport them and their descendants !! Give back America to Americans !!
@cortisola: So you think the US should have open borders and everyone who want’s to allowed to enter? Working out well in Europe right now aint it?
@John Reese: Indians open borders to “everyone who want’s to allowed to enter” and so we got USA. Do you know history ?
@John Reese: If it wasn’t for those “open borders”, you wouldn’t have a second generation immigrant as President elect.
@John Reese: Europes migrant problem was caused by failed US foreign policy and Hillarys direct actions in Libya!
Dry up will ya
Kenny’s job is to get the best deal possible for Ireland. Making ill advised remarks about a potential president is detrimental to our interests.The people of Ireland don’t pay him for his opinions on US presidential candidates.
@Gordian Knot: ignoring the fact he gets paid more than trump will, we don’t pay enda for anything he delivers, what has he delivered in the last 40+ years actually?
Both countries benefit from a good relationship so nothing will change. Maybe privately Enda and Trump will despise each other but who cares, they’ll be all smiles for the cameras.
Doesn’t everyone despise Enda??
Jaysus, can we stop the “shock” stuff, it’s the majority that backed Trump, hardly a shock to them.
The majority of the people actually backed Clinton.
@rodrigo detriano: Surely this election got hacked by Putin, she should get 60% or more as CNN told us few days ago.
@rodrigo detriano: Trump won the Majority by about 200,000
Kian at present the vote is Clinton 59,204,408 and Trump 59,058,307 according to the Nee York Times
@TonyD2469: I stand corrected! Must have been looking at polls which hadn’t been updated…carry on.
Women all across America voted for a man who said he grabs women by the….!??!?! Wtf! Perhaps Bernie Sanders was a better option. He would have torn Trump to shreds over those comments. But every eight years of either a democratic or republican presidency Americans always vote for ‘change!’ Examples: George Dubya (after Clinton) Obama (after Dubya) and now a Sociopathic Misogynist (after Obama). Mark my words this idiot will be in the White House for eight years… He will be in control of the world’s most powerful military for eight years… With a slam dunk (house, senate and presidency) he will have almost dictatorial power for two years (until midterm elections)… American you really have no idea what you have just given licence to. This is going to be very bad…
BREXIT…..DONALD TRUMP …..’Times they are a’changing’…….
The biggest threat from Trump for Ireland is that he plans to lower US corporation taxes from 35% to 15%. That erodes Irelands competitive advantage for tax, and will lead to big outflows back to the US.
@Fred Johnson: Scaremongering from the Clinton side. US companies are here for more that our low corporate tax rate. They are here because of our access to the EU market, the fact that we have an English speaking, highly educated workforce.
@John Weldon:
Indeed, i don’t think the US companies will actually leave, but they may scale back investment in Europe overall, as they instead repatriate their overseas cash.
No we will still see a picture of Kenny smiling and pointing at Trump come Paddys day, no such thing as backbone in that world.
Have you not being paying attention theJournal? Everybody’s relationship with the US is about to change. Trump in the Whitehouse is like some sort of Frankie Boyle sick joke.
Yes it will because he’s going to do serious damage to all the US companies here,damaging jobs and tourism.Just wait and see. As if we haven’t enough worry with the Brexit looming.
@Gerry Fallon: Its not going to be as bad as the media is making it out to be. The Republicans hold the White House, United States House of Representatives, and Senate, but the party is divided. Like Obama before him, Donald is not going to have an easy time passing any bills.
You may be right Gerry!!! Therefore it’s time to get up of our own backsides and start becoming a proper country that doesn’t have to depend on foreign companies to create jobs and wealth!!
Totally agree rodrigo. We have the tools to do it.Ireland is a great place to live and do business. We have to get rid of this apologetic nature bowing down to America and Britain for that matter.Bowls of shamrock and all that crap must go.let them bring their bowl of whatever to us.Im sick of these Irish politicians always grovelling to these so called “big boys”. You must admit they DO see us as cute little irish and that is so condescending to me.
What was that our Enda said about him ?
Crazy people voting for Trump did so as an anti establishment move. If he had run against Bernie Sanders the outcome would have been different I feel. God help America and the World at large!!!
It probably won’t. We’ll still be as obsequient as ever instead of standing up for some decent values.
@Anne Clune: Politicians and Principles reminds me of a quote by Groucho Marx; “Those are my principles and if you don’t like them….well, I have others”.
I can’t see how our relationship with them has ever been anything but one sided. We have thousands of Irish over there that would give their right hands to be given a visa and become legal but for decades the Americans have brushed us off rather than doing anything about it. Yet they can use our airports and anything else they look for we bend over for them no matter what they want
Kenny better go before paddys day
Plot Twist: Trump is a Native American and deports every white person.
No it won’t… The Presidency in most part is controlled by bankers, Obamas cabinet was chosen for him by the Citi group and his will be chosen by the Goldman Sach ones…
Stupid survey change it for the better
i like conor mc gregor words i dont give a bolliicks
The DNC had pushed out Bernie for their own agenda with the Clintons and it cost them the election. The republican die is cast. It would be disgraceful if things socially move quickly to the right in USA.. they had come so far
He doesn’t know where we are!
We should stop allowing US military planes to refuel at Shannon and stop our politicians embarrassing us every year by giving the president a bowl of green weeds on St Patrick’s Day. Also ban all Trump family members until further notice until ‘we know what the hell is going on!” ;)
Directly no. But there will be effects felt with corporate tax and the illegal Irish living in the States.
Trump is apparently against big business and offshoring, the latter of which Ireland is dependent on.
I believe the likes of Apple, FB and other big American companies who are not paying taxes will be in for a big surprise.
Yes because of Enda not keeping his opinions to himself. Diplomacy and insults don’t mix for a small export dependent economy. He should apologise or resign
Leciester City, Brexit, Donald Trump what’s the chances of Liverpool winning the Premiership or is that to far fetched .
He wil offer an amnesty to the multinationals in Europe and they wil ho back to the USA
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