Victory for Pieocracy!
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Friday December 20, 2002 11:34
by Ray
Bairbre Flood was arrested back in April for pieing Bertie in Sligo. Last month she was sentenced to community service, but her case came up again yesterday, and was struck out. We have the blessing of the courts - its time to get baking!
(here's the full report from the Indo)
A WOMAN who struck Taoiseach Bertie Ahern with a custard pie last April, had her case struck out at Sligo District Court yesterday.
Bairbre Flood, Kingwood, Ballymote, Co Sligo, a formern Fianna Fail Ogra member, had been remanded to appear for suitability for a community service order at yesterday's sitting.
But Judge Oliver McGuinness said he was striking out this case. He referred to certain "public pronouncements" made after the last sitting before making his decision.
Ms Flood threw the pie at the Taoiseach while he was on a pre-election walkabout in Sligo. She ran off but was quickly caught by gardai.
Bairbre Flood told the media shortly afterwards that she was striking a blow at "corporate Ireland". She described Mr Ahern as a puppet of big business and said Ireland had "too much respect for authority".
However, at last month's sitting Judge McGuinness said this was "no run-of-the-mill offence" but a "well organised premediated attack" on society "intended to insult, demean and embarrass in the full flare of publicity."
The judge said he was deciding on community service so that Bairbre Flood could put something back into society.
Comments (8 of 8)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8But the Indo requires registration. So I wrote a summary and posted the article.
if only we had more who were willing to carry out such actions, something might change. but all we have is those interested in discussing dogma, and revisiting rhetoric. the talk will continue, while the revolution is neglected...........
"You'll get pie in the eye when you lie"
The article (summary or pasted) does not explain why the judge struck out the case. Something about "public pronouncements" is referred to. What does this mean?
It looks like the case was struck out because of the remarks made by the judge after the case was over. I'm no lawyer, but perhaps they could have been used to argue that the trial was unfair?
Ray, I am very very disappointed that your idea of struggle is throwing pies, I doubt if the ruling elite are going to have sleepless nights.
"Down with the dictate of the [European] Union"
Bronislaw Geremek, the former minister of foreign affairs was pied two days ago in Szczecin when giving a talk about accession to European Union. The attackers from the "Pie International" (they are from FA-Szczecin) shouted "Down with the dictate of the Union".
Geremek is the son of a dog who signed Poland's accesion to NATO.
Zaczek
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