Drunken bid to 'bomb' warship

[PartTimePongo]

Drunken bid to 'bomb' warship


By Ralph Riegel

10 February 2006
A drunk armed with two firebombs almost single-handedly ended an historic Royal Navy courtesy visit to mark Cork's reign as EU Capital of Culture.

Terence O'Brien (36) was brought down by a garda as he approached the warship, HMS Richmond, with the apparent intention of attacking its helicopter.

Det-Gda Jim Nyhan rugby-tackled O'Brien as he attempted to rush towards the frigate on February 12 last, Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard.

Both bottles in O'Brien's possession were smashed on the quayside and it subsequently emerged that they contained a flammable cocktail of petrol and sugar.

Gardai said if the fire bombs had been successfully thrown and ignited on the warship or the Westland Lynx helicopter, the consequences could have been very serious.

Judge Patrick Moran was told that the HMS Richmond was berthed in Cork city centre for a courtesy visit.

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[andym]

with the apparent intention of attacking its helicopter

Nah,he was just going to feed it some bread!LOL

 

[trotsentry]

----or he was just trying to fulfill a mess invite, hoping to drop off some of his home brew in return for a barrel of C.S.B.

 

[Bisley]

Sh1t if we were the Israel's Dublin would be flattened by now.

 

[Backpacker1uk]

Sh1t if we were the Israel's Dublin would be flattened by now.

No chance Dublin folk are the best around and my better half tells me often.

 

[grefs]

Some tosser trying to get his name in the headlines.

 

[angrydoc]

Prat should have been shot!

 

[andym]

Some tosser trying to get his name in the headlines.

Well it worked!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[fishmiester]

At least give the bloke a little credit. He was trying to torch the WAFU's

 

[FlagWagger]

Sh1t if we were the Israel's Dublin would be flattened by now.

I'm sure the residents of Cork would see that as a plus!

I visited Cork several years ago on the Ledbury; at a SRs RPC at the Irish Navy Base at Haulbowline we were greeted by the Mess Pres, a Dubliner, offering Guinness and the Vice-Pres from Cork offering Murphys; our host (a non-partisan Irishman from elsewhere) advised us of the regional rivalry - so not wishing to offend either we ended up drinking both!