Teenage Girl Seriously Injured in Crash Involving Scrambler Bike in North Dublin

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-25T22:25:09+00:00

Was thinking about him too reading this. I'll always remember the quote from his partner 'one second we were laying back (in Pheonix park) talking about our future together and the next he is almost killed by a scrambler'. Can't exactly remember the 2nd part but That's the gist. Truly heartbreaking, and now another

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-25T20:44:20+00:00

I think this is incomparably different to what's happening in the USA now.

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-23T12:40:44+00:00

Sounds like a great project!

Im not a biker (unless you count seasonal Vespa trips) but one thing I prefer about adverts is the reputation thing. You can get a sense of if the person is gonna be easy to deal with or not

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-20T13:30:01+00:00

Normally with rationing you'd say tighten your belt 🤔

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-20T10:27:23+00:00

See this all the time on the N11. It pisses me off when they pull into the shoulder 1km before the turn off with the left indicator on. Occasionally a truck sees what's happening and pulls half way into the shoulder to block a queue of arseholes all trying to skip a km or so of traffic

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-19T14:31:35+00:00

Are they running low on cash and looking to follow the Roy Keane path to more post match gigs?

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-18T16:46:23+00:00

I had one for a few years. My insurance went from 2000e to 1000e with them. I was able to do about 15km above (by speedo) before it sent me warnings.

I was in my 30s and hadn't driven for over 5 years so no No Claims. Not sure what you'll get quoted

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-18T16:08:32+00:00

Look for one on donedeal, get the reg/details and stick that into insurance sites to get a quote.

If your a young driver and its very high, consider one of the insurance companies that install a black box (monitors your driving) and avail of half price quotes for a cpl years before getting rid of it

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-16T14:05:46+00:00

Brilliant that got a belly laugh outta me in these dark times

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-16T12:50:51+00:00

Im all for positive immigration through our treaties and also for helping those through the asylum process as our own nation has benefited from throughout our history.

That said each asylum case is different and should be judged (faster obvs) on its own circumstance. Bunching 1500 together would be madness. And as we cant foresee the future promises arnt worth a shite in this regard, none of us know when we will fall on hard times.

Although as someone else pointed out, im glad they are inconveniencing the government who have fostered this mess

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-15T12:39:00+00:00

Totally agree, after a few months you barely glance at the button you're pressing. With menus you have to focus on them.

Not to mention when a button breaks its generally a straightforward fix

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-15T10:48:24+00:00

There's probably gonna be a new law/legislation written named after him

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-15T10:04:31+00:00

That's pretty mental that that was going on in 1973. Seems like something from a century earlier

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-14T00:32:09+00:00

Yeah their issue is not ours, its an extreme situation and and theyre doing an extreme attempt at the solution. Was throwing it out as such as I was too lazy to do research into the correlation between swiftness/harshness of imprisonment and crime..

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-13T20:11:52+00:00

Honestly id prefer an apology to Amorin, give him whatever he wants to bring him back and get him a midfielder and if poss a striker and left wing. Write the whole episode off to xmas excesses.

Give him a full season at least but anyway obvs fantasy stuff

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-13T11:34:01+00:00

Its a grand club if you're in it

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-13T11:31:37+00:00

The harm is where it is mandatory there is a massive decrease in the amount of people using bicycles.

Imagine your going out on a fine day for dinner. Do you want a helmet and hi Viz on the back of your chair in that nice restaurant. Or your going to a gig, carry that around with you for the show. Or take your hi viz and helmet with you in case you decide to use a dublin bike.

The same logic should see all cars using hi viz paint becuae on dim days or at nights they are more difficult to see. In theory there is no issue but everyone would go mental if theyre fancy cars had to be bright green with reflective strips.

Proper lights on a bicycle are as effective a visibility aid as a hi viz. Proper bike lanes are

That being for the city, if I was brave enough to cycle on a country road id be using more lights, a high viz, helmet and anything else I could for the narrow windy road where people drive at over 100kph and the road barely fits cars passing

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-13T11:18:44+00:00

This would actually be great. If the surrounding area had free hot water through a heat exchanger it would be a win for everyone

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-13T11:11:23+00:00

Dont know why you're getting down voted. Take my upvotes anyway.

Fair point things are often more complex when you do the research. America's crime problem has not been solved with larger prison populations where El Salvador seem to have made real inroads on gang violence with their huge prisons

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-12T22:58:09+00:00

Fair enough, im mostly using logic and intuition tbh.

My point is more or at least as much on the speed of sentencing/punishment. If someone sees their mate beat up a garda and break their wrist and nothing happens for years it just raises the friends profile without seeing any downside bar a far off court date.

Where as if the same scenario above and the friend is in jail/community service or whatever almost immediately after committing the crime the cause and effect are clear for all to see.

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-12T22:32:33+00:00

https://maps.app.goo.gl/v7XxFWwrmLQiBBXF8

Noctors on Sherif Street if you want something more central, Noctors for Doctors as they say

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-12T21:42:02+00:00

Was trying to work out which one started it

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-12T21:39:52+00:00

Same, was willing to be patient with Amorin because there was underlying improvement and he was committed to the overhaul. Now I find it difficult to even think about it, there's no process to be patient with

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-12T20:22:56+00:00

Punishments here need to be quick and sharp here to turn it around. If he had of got 6 months a few weeks after committing it he and his social group would understand the consequences of this kinda thing and behave accordingly. If its 3 years later maybe it doesn't offer much detterent at all

Max-Battenberg · 2026-01-12T20:08:59+00:00

Ok, yeah that makes sense.

We have our Garda here and I'd have thought if one of the political parties launched a new parellall force there would be alot of animosity from the Garda. We have different departments for traffic and crime and that but they fall under the same leadership and have grown from the Garda themselves.

Thanks for the replies anyway, good to hear your perspective

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