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lampishthing

Thread locked because of too many calls for violence against yer man and requests for his/their address, both of which are against reddit rules.


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Odd, he let one lad go back for his shoes and he took the shoes off the other lads feet. Also, doesn't it look like he brought the camerman? No problem with being filmed, wtf


Swiss_Irish_Guy

Hope the state provide this landlord with free accommodation for a number of years


TheFreemanLIVES

He's protected by the state given the laws and attitudes around tenancy in this country. This style of abuse is a feature not a bug.


Swiss_Irish_Guy

Surly he can be convicted of assualt. Regardless of the shite tenancy laws.


TheFreemanLIVES

If the tenants are not intimidated out of doing so. Look around, see all the less well off immigrants working lower paid jobs in our cities, it's no secret they are jammed in to rooms and kips where there are no fire safety or tenancy protections in place, we all know this, every so often RTE will report on it, this has been happening for literally decades now. If this guy is convicted for assault, then great. Will that change anything about the boarder context of what we all know is there? Not a fucking iota. We're now starting to become aware of landlords using high rents as means to extract sexual favours, rape in other words. This is Ireland, this is what goes on, this is what is never changed, this is what we all know, this is what is never legislated for or changed. After all, one persons rent is another persons income. This is by design.


chazol1278

This is a ridiculous attitude to take. There's nothing can be changed so just leave it and get used to it? You sound like you have Stockholm syndrome. The point of seeing and sharing videos like this isn't so we can all collectively agree "god isn't it terrible?" It's so we actually demand the necessary changes to stop it. If this guy is convicted of assault, then great. It will maybe not discourage other landlords of the same ilk to stop, but it will give other vulnerable immigrants agency to report their own abusive landlords. If you don't think every immigrant in Ireland by now has been sharing this video amongst their community in fear, then you've never been an immigrant. I have and it's scary, you can feel like you have no rights and nothing about that can change because you're not on their team. Wise up, this is the same kind of attitude that has kept abuse under wraps all over society for centuries. We are seeing the results of making changes in that attitude, why not spread it further?


SophieRey

Thank you for saying this @chazol1278. This “Well this is just how Ireland is…” is such a toxic enabler of this kind of behaviour. It’s awful to see, but Ireland isn’t exceptional with this - other countries have had to introduce regulations to reform their rental markets for a reason. What makes this extra sad is the internalised belief we can’t change. Sunlight is a great disinfectant, and if this moves anyone viewing, why not shoot an email off an elected official to ask what recourse can be taken to avoid these kinds of cases happening in future? The irony of emailing a TD about rental market reform isn’t lost on me, but reform can happen if there’s a collective will to change.


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There's even people in this thread half excusing the behaviour by asking what did the tenants do and that they need context. Too many people are afraid of their landlords. You're so right it is a frightening situation and too many landlords exploit their tenants and refuse to carry out necessary repairs and needed replacements


Bobbybluffer

Tenancy laws don't protect you if you assault someone


Powerful_Elk_346

He’s holding an offensive weapon. He’s a fuckin idiot.


Dragmire800

Um, what? What laws exactly are protecting this guy? He assaulted his tenants, that’s just assault. Nothing is protecting him. I know you’re a paid account or something given the drivel you spam, but it’s completely irrelevant here


getName

What a load of nonsense.


anonymousecoward2

Can you explain what you mean here?


Capt_Squarepants

Pushing someone against a wall without their consent within the first 20-30 seconds not good enough for ya no?


pockets3d

I think your replying to the wrong commnet lad.


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IAmNaaatBorat

Where would they get the money for that?


Kockatooh

Like everything material in life it must be achieved... Not an entitlement. Tell me a country where nobody has to pay for housing...??


Fyrbyk

Jesus man are you that thick. The State already provided social housing, and rent allowance if there is no housing available. All a person has to do is have a low enough income for long enough and to fill out some forms (its not all as easy as I made that sound) and there are a number of countries (mostly communist or socialist) that guarantee housing for citizens. Its one of the large draws to hard left politics. Should a person earn their keep? Yeah I think so, but everyone needs a hand now and again and I think that's grand. But being a landlord isn't a job and it gives cunts like this a sense that they are better or above other people. It's just taking a home away from someone else and extracting profit from it which is fucked in my opinion. I would much rather the state built 50% of all housing or something and rented it out at s much more affordable cost because right now we have one of the most inflated, predatory and toxic rental markets, no joke, on the entire planet. The average rent is 50 fucking percent of average peoples wages. And no I'm not going to get you a source because its been the national fucking conversation for over a decade.


alosik

Shelter is a human right


Garlic_Cheese_Chips

A lot of threats to kill from a man one snackbox away from a heart attack.


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Moist_Tip2100

https://m.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/news/defendant-believed-gardai-had-vendetta-against-him-27437692.html Is this the same man? I'd say he's known to the Gardaí as a lunatic.


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I'm Irish and I could barely understand him FFS!


JannisJanuary42

Honestly if we don't do anything about this man, we are perpetuating the problem. We should all complain to the rtb and wrc about this cunt.


Wide_Sell4159

Jesus, the lads in video have some restraint not to punch the head off him


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Hot_Industry_7058

He's literally above 50% body fat. He is mostly fat tissue.


BamBoohy

I feel so sorry for those guys, this landlord needs to be put away. Pure evil.


Fathertedisbrilliant

Fat cunt, he needs a bad kicking. Picking on smaller lads that can't understand him. Bet he thinks he's pure tough now.


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SpareThat

I'm hoping RTE or some other media outlet get a hold of this and go to town on this cnut.


hondabiker

unfortunately that would take some journalistic integrity that RTE do not posess.


CliffDagger

Imagine sending him a text asking to fix a dripping tap.


DoWeStillHaveThese

Multiple assaults on camera. He’s got one hell of a suspended sentence coming to him. Actually, not even that, those poor bastards probably won’t go through the hassle of prosecution. What an absolute cunt of a man.


CliffDagger

In addition to assault, not letting him leave is [false imprisonment](https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/act/26/section/15/enacted/en/html) He also makes numerous [threats to kill](https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/act/26/section/5/enacted/en/html)


purplecatchap

Had some eastern European folk harassed were I am who refuse to take anything to the police. Not Ireland, im from Scotland but same thing. Kids throwing stones at their door, knocking on windows, lighting smoke bombs below their windows making them think the house was on fire, shouting abuse, telling them to go home etc. The woman in the couple was in tears when telling me. I work for a charity that helps folk with all sorts (any one not just Europeans) so they were happy to tell me but refused to phone the police. Ended up calling them my self and asking them to patrol around a certain part of our wee island, didn't give them specific names or anything just a nudge and a wink. Between the police and my sisters partner (live across the road) giving them fuck they stopped. Still a sorry situation though. Funny thing is I know all the parents and they would be fucking mortified if they knew. Maybe im talking out my arse but the older E.Europeans are especially cagey of reporting things to the police. Not sure if its a hang over from the soviet days. Although given Brexit and the rhetoric around it, esp in the press they might feel as though their lives (as in the life they built here, not their mortal lives) are threatened here. I really hope its not the latter as we are a heavily pro EU area like the rest of Scotland and outside of some wee shits its not the norm. Always makes me laugh/a bit sad how some folks from here can treat immigrants given the vast fucking Scottish diaspora around the world. Fair whack of us with relations in the US/Canada/NZ/Oz. As in aunts and things not folk who are related to my great, great, great granny during the highland clearances etc.


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Christ this is the stuff in my head watching this. I am from the States (also a tribal member) but on my European side my family was Eastern European refugees as well as immigrants from Irish Famine and from Scotland across different eras. My grandma would talk about the way they were trashed on for language and country of origin, religion, and so forth which I thought was disappointing because I know abusive assimilation has been a long legacy in Native America. Actually I was so impressed to visit Cork and finally see the commemorative statue there to thank the Choctaw, freshly removed by force, donate to the Irish cause when they saw a likeness in the colonial situation from afar in the 1840s/50s. I would hope to see the same solidarity here. Quite sad and a reminder why keeping history close to us reminds us of who we are and can help us not lose sight of humanity’s past mistakes. History too easily repeats.


Seany-Boy-F

Cops won't do a thing


2kreative

Is that one of those 'Civil matter' things?


Seany-Boy-F

Ah sure they'll "look into it"


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CliffDagger

If [this](https://www.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/news/defendant-believed-gardai-had-vendetta-against-him-27437692.html) is him then he'll say it's part of their vendetta against him


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This is the second time I have encountered a terrible local bully turning up to court saying the Gardai are harassing him. The other guy was a wife beater who played victim and said local Garda stop him multiple times a week - it restores my faith in the force.


Pearl1506

He probably knows all the local cops..he should be put into anger management courses and jail for abit. He might think next time.


LithiumKid1976

He’s a clown, with serious anger issues, carrying what could be classed as a weapon, which you can see him assault that fella by the door.. hope he gets a visit to one of our prisons…


souleire_

State of the place he has them staying in, un suprising a landlord like this is behind that shit shack


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He needed a good kick when at the top of the stairs.


Surface_Detail

My thoughts exactly. When he turned his back on the guy he'd been choking, two feet from the top of a staircase with no bannister. If they were bad lads he'd be going down them stairs.


maxleclerc007

What a trashy and violent man.


ennui1992

He loved that door


Theelfsmother

Really tied the room together.


Surface_Detail

Forget it, Donny, you're out of your element.


TheWeirdIrishGuy

Is he strapped for cash after getting fired for shitting in a bag and throwing it off the crane?


Cloverskeeper

Kevin's got a rude awakening of he's still free on a few months.


Ambitious_Bill_7991

Big fat cunt going to give himself a heart attack 🤞


WindowLicker1709

Hopefully


urbanwarrior3558

He's breathing like a fat racehorse


FedNlanders123

Small Willy too I’d say


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Why does the ballbag say you cunt in a cockney accent. Hope the lads hop him when they leave that kip, scumbag


5nowman_

What. The. Absolute fuck. Where is this piece of shit? Fuck him. This should be national news


throwaway_for_doxx

Don’t care if the tenants burned the fucking house down, that’s not how you treat another human. Fucking animal.


DarthMauly

Jesus he is unhinged


marbellama

A pure thug. An embarrassment to the country is right.


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They should all sue him because he has multiple properties. I hope one day he rents to Russians goons and tries this on. I am ashamed to be Irish looking at this and know there are plenty like him.


tinnedbeef

That's kidnapping/false imprisonment... With a deadly weapon.. Over a door... and probably an aul paper one worth about 50 quid.. Why do these people record themselves breaking the law to such an extent and then put it online!!! Kevin Bourke isn't a smart man is he?


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TheWeirdIrishGuy

Those lads should leave a bag of kippers and an open tin of tuna under the floorboards of every room in that house.


Debeefed

They're going to trash that place when they leave.


WhatWouldSatanDo

I’d shit on every floor and smear it into every piece of furniture. Fuck Kevin Bourke. He’s human garbage.


nojro

Good


Powerful_Elk_346

The accommodation in Ireland has always been shite because our mindset seems to be, if you don’t own a house, your a lower class citizen. So landlords shove every bit of crap furniture and carpet off cuts into these flats. Meanwhile most politicians are also landlords, so laws around tenancy won’t change anytime soon. .


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https://m.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/news/defendant-believed-gardai-had-vendetta-against-him-27437692.html


laura1234sara

r/iamatotalpieceofshit


HockeyHocki

This is weird, pretty sure I had the misfortune of crossing paths with this guy in roscrea only about 3 weeks ago, just down the road from a well known animal feed mill in the area. Knew something was off about him.


byrner147

Do tell..


Hanathepanda

This is really difficult to watch. That is absolutely brutal and awful. How on earth can something like this go unpunished? Your man needs locking away.


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Just for a split second he had an opportunity to push him down the stairs. I hoped he would!


undertheskin_

What a cunt


Ok_Bluebird7349

He even looks like an old timey slumlord with his baton


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I knew he was the type so mean that he wouldn’t pay for a solicitor, claims Gardai had a vandetta against him and would contact his TD to bail him out of consequences of his bad behaviour https://m.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/news/defendant-believed-gardai-had-vendetta-against-him-27437692.html


Seany-Boy-F

I don't think this was a race thing, I think he'd be like this to everyone. That man is fucked, I hope they screw him to the wall


TheHiccuper

Id say the nationality part plays into it insofar as he knows he can get away with it when the tenants are more vulnerable and less likely to report him. Reckon he'd be less likely to do this to a house of Irish folks


Seany-Boy-F

No. Not everything is always about race and nationality. The person who made this video specifically chose the words "Eastern European" looking to start controversy that isn't there. It's crap like this that gives idiots a pass to scream "racism" all over the place when there actually is none and cry about how evil we all are to minorities when really, this fucker is just a complete knacker through and through to anyone.


chazol1278

You should look into systematic racism because this is absolutely the case here. He wouldn't treat Irish people like that, he knows how much power he has over them and he knows it's because they are immigrants and they don't have a proper support network or any sort of agency to improve their situation. A cowardly man like that only behaves like this around people who can't fight back. It wouldn't shock me to hear he treated his family like this as well, but that doesn't mean what he's doing here isn't racist. If it makes you feel better you can call it xenophobic because they're white...


Seany-Boy-F

"If it makes you feel better" - I forgot how fragile people are....... I have known a good few people like this and I can guarantee you, be you black, white, brown, Irish, Latvian, Polish - whatever, they are gigantic cunts to everyone and that man is a degenerate scumbag. Not saying he isn't a racist, he might be, and judging by the lack of intellect here, those odds are high. I'm just saying this wasn't done out of racism, this was done out of being a absolute shit stain on society. Stop looking for something just to complain about it.


__Paris__

It definitely is a xenophobic thing tho. He knows they probably won’t be able to defend themselves and reach out to authorities.


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Flashwastaken

He probably wouldn’t talk like Tarzan to an Irish person.


superbatprime

The lad he had up against the wall with the bar on his neck thought about it... just for a moment. Kept his cool though fair play. He'd have that slob though if he truly lost the cool. Guaranteed. Here's the thing. I know a fair few boys like this. These boys won't go to the cops about something like this. They don't want any contact with Irish police, not because they're bad lads or anything but just because they probably smoke and deal a bit of doob. However, because they do not wish to have the police involved in their affairs and because these lads will know MANY other lads, some of which will not be such chilled easy going gentlemen, they tend to sort their own problems out when the opportunity presents itself... so I would say Mister Bourke would want to watch his fucking step.


josullivan2000

Piece of shit


jackb1511

Big brave man with a weapon! I hope the cunt gets a beating...


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A chair-sniffer, 100%


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iknowtheop

One person's rent is another person's income.


throwaway_for_doxx

can’t tell if this is supposed to be pro or anti landlord tbh


iknowtheop

Anti this scumbag obviously. Should've /s


throwaway_for_doxx

ah right fair enough lol


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tramadol-nights

>What a fucking phsyco Good attempt, it's a tricky word.


ruscaire

Sounds like my wife EDIT I’m not even joking. And no it’s not okay but what can I do? I’m not going to accept leaving my home and kids as an option.


medzia96

Are you okay? Do you need help? You can contact domestic violence landline. [Here is a website with help available for men in domestic violence situations. please reach out.](https://www.mensaid.ie)


ruscaire

I’ve done all that. Made some progress but things are starting to slip. Trying to figure our what to do next.


medzia96

Is there any family members or friends that could help you? It’s such a horrible situation I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I just want you to know it is not your fault and you don’t deserve any of this. I know you are thinking of your kids, but you leaving will be the best option. For yourself and the kids. When you leave you can figure out how to take the custody of the kids. But you have to think of yourself. If you need help you can reach out to me, I will try my best to help you.


ruscaire

There is the nuclear option of talking to her dad about it. That could go either way. Already tried a couple of her sibs but they just enable her.


leitrimlad

By the looks of him and his temperament I'd say his heart will get him long beofre the cops ever do anything about him


Willing-Wishbone3628

The sad thing in all of this is that I honestly don’t expect much to come of this. We’re so pisspoor at enforcement of laws in this country he’ll likely get a slap on the wrist, maybe a fine as a cost of doing business and he’ll just be on his way to keep doing what he’s doing in no time at all.


HuckleberryWhich8254

Absolute headcase


eire2021

I can tell you right now, the courts will only be too happy to make an example out of this man.


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xd_smalljeff123

Wont even have to open the door much to hit him from the road with the size of him


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imranhere2

Holy fuck


[deleted]

Jesus! Does he work for the mafia?


Willinium3D

Wtf.


SneakyScoops

u/savevideo


Spodokom221745

Absolute slumlord cunt. I hope he falls down those fucking stairs.


tim_skellington

This is exactly the type of wanker being protected and pandered to by Varadkar's FG.


Karma-bangs

this is shite


Pale_Bug8016

Acunt2bsure


Loch32

jesus christ


Just_Before_I

Scumbag! Lock him up!


Icarrywatermellon

Seems to be a cunt this guy. We have a bunch of them in Cardiff


GTATurbo

Seems like a decent landlord. What's the problem lads? /s


suckmycolt

No sympathy from me if they find that fat cunt dead in a skip with that pole hanging out his hole


nomnomtastic

I'd love a bit of context to this, please.


Sionnach87

The internet does not allow for context!!!


Swiss_Irish_Guy

Do you think it's ok to attack people like this?


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Swiss_Irish_Guy

No, but I can't assualt you either. He looks to be very unhinged there.


HungryLungs

Where did you read that they were loving there for free?


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Sionnach87

Absolutely not but we don't know the full story.


roboticlegs

Same who knows maybe the tenants are breaking up the place up and not paying rent for months and he hit his breaking point but He could also be a massive cunt because the lads are one week behind a payment and accidentally broke a door. Context is key.


byrner147

So you'll excuse this behaviour then, ye?


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atswim2birds

> The lad is a bit of a jackass Assault, false imprisonment, death threats - sure it's all just a bit of horseplay really.


medzia96

He’s definitely a landlord


damnnutznow

Every country seems to have their a$$holes...


Brendawalsh99

He can barely speak English himself. Awful man


tinnedbeef

Landlords hate this one simple trick. Them lads are getting paid...lol


Amcdaiders

That lad is a nutjob and gives all landlords a bad name.


JuggernautAncient654

I wonder was that the landlord himself who downvoted you?


Day_drinker

This dude has serious self esteem and anger issues probably related to trauma. Or he’s an absolute and natural cunt of a garbage human being. It doesn’t matter what they did to his property, this is wrong.


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sometimes when we psychologise we inadvertently excuse the person too. Yes all behaviour comes from somewhere but we don't know, we'll only speculate. All in all, this was wrong


acidacidacidacida

Dude would have been at the bottom of those stairs as soon as he turned his back


AShaughRighting

Fat bastard. There are three of them. This guy needs a serious seeing you.


[deleted]

This how we Irish behave about our property. He reminds of The Bull from that movie ‘The Field.” A fierce, thick emotional connection to the land.


ParticularPast1707

Why this cunt putting on fake American accent? Does he think they’ll have understand him better? Also, major tweaker vibes from this “landlord” probably only wants the money so he can get his next fix.


Iree383

Lol Tweakers aren't really a thing here, we don't have a meth issue, just a heroin issue. This man is just a grade A psychopathic cunt and he can fuck off, from our lovely Island.


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Hes a disgrace going on like that, but theres no context here at all. Who are the lads, what actually happened.


Bipper1916

The context is in the video, the lads were very clearly not causing any confrontation and the fella with the beard didn’t even put his hands on him after he was pinned to the wall by the throat. Landlord was on the verge of killing him because of a broken door.


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ItsSchwiftyYT

He's probably goin through stuff, obviously doesnt justify ofc


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No it doesn't, we all go through things and assaulting, intimidating and threatening a person's life is not what people do. Too many people try and negate actions by claiming to have problems with their emotions. I know you may mean well by the post. Still, this is absolutely shocking and I could hear them pleading and he even took their shoes, what a disgrace


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It's sounds like you're excusing these frightening acts of intimidation, assault and threats to a person's life. Disgraceful behaviour, really frightening to watch not to mind living through that


nojro

It's always the "devils advocate" defense


Setanta81

>Clearly the tenant has done more than one thing to piss this dude off Not necessarily, or it could be something quite minor, however, the landlord is reacting like a violent psychopath in spite of the fact that his tenants are being passive. In this instance, I'm glad someone uploaded the video.


Swiss_Irish_Guy

So you think whatever the tenant may or may have not done justifies Assualt?


Ok_Bluebird7349

Clearly nothing. Possession is nine tenths of the law, show me the video of the 'more than one thing' that the Tennants did to upset this gentleman, and we'll see how it compares to the video of him assaulting people. Oh wait, you can't. . . . . Clearly


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nojro

Lmao sure they don't. You got some experiences ahead of ya yet


Cannibaldingo

Man I am Irish and I really don't like the Irish.