Padraig Nally, farmer who had manslaughter conviction quashed after he shot John ‘Frog’ Ward 20 years ago, dies aged 81

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  2. I hope he had some peace after what must have been a nightmare few years for him. R.I.P.

  5. RIP. He did the country a favour, and I’ve no doubt that his interaction with that piece of filth impacted his quality of life thereafter.

  12. Made the country a slightly better place that day

  14. Jesus 20 years ago.. I remember thinking at the time that attacking the elderly was beyond disgusting. Fast forward, I’m only 2 years younger than Padraig was then… Oh Shit.

  16. What a legend. I’d have reloaded on that cunt too. Scumbag got what he deserved.

  19. RIP what he went through lives on as a disgrace to us all. Those bastards should have been locked up the first time they trespassed on his land and if they tried it again they should have been locked up for so long that others like them would have thought twice before they tried it again.

    The poor man. Hopefully his experience has changed things for the better

  22. A contentious case, and one which should have served as a pivotal moment – like Savita – to bring in some justice reform in Ireland.

    It’s kind of a textbook “two wrongs don’t make a right” case. But even when it seems objectively clear that you’re not allowed to pursue someone and kill them, there are very few people who don’t have some level of sympathy or support for what he did.

    Ultimately the state failed him as an individual. No person should ever feel so unsafe or undefended that the only option they have is to take the law into their own hands.

    But that’s what happened, that’s why he did what he did. Because the state had let Ward off so many times that Nally didn’t feel like there was anything else he could do.

    And what was the state’s response? To make it easier for people to take the law into their own hands. Well done McDowell you fucking berk.

    Unfortunately a lot of bigots have locked onto this as a traveller thing. Rural Ireland fighting back against the travellers. But it’s not. It’s a scumbag thing. We have these kinds of scumbags all over the country walking around with impunity because the Gardai don’t have the powers or resources to adequately deal with them. And a court system which was never really designed to deal with out-and-out scumbags. It’s designed to deal with ordinary people who commit crimes. Not generational and unashamed criminals who are never going to stop offending.

    We need a proper set of laws that handle and deal with habitual offenders, keeping them locked up before they can gather 50 or 500 convictions.

  23. RIP

    In before the lock. This thread will have the shelf life of cottage cheese.

  24. Going with full Farmers honours… 21 shotgun salute!

  27. Poor guy, spent the rest of his life constantly looking over his shoulder expecting retaliation.

    Another person the law and state failed.

  28. The state completely failed him, and it has failed everyone since with the half arsed justice system we have.

  29. I was living in Ballinrobe at the time when this happened, and his sister came around with a petition to sign. The local support was amazing to see for someone not from the area. Hope he lived a comfortable life after what happened. Forg ward and his brothers were scum and anyone from Galway who had dealings with this will confirm.

  30. RIP every home is a castle, you should always feel safe in your own home. Fuck those filthy cunts.

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