11 January 2005. Messages from the Dermot Ahern blog naming IRA members and drug dealers and exposing Vodafone snooping:

http://cryptome.org/dermot-names.htm

Slugger O'Toole comments on the Dermot Ahern blog:

http://www.sluggerotoole.com/archives/2005/01/rough_blogging.php#trackback

5 January 2005. The Dundalk blog has been re-opened after alleged ToS-offending material was removed:

http://dundalk.blogdrive.com/

5 January 2004

Dermot Ahern reports the Dundalk blog has been shut down, formerly at http://dundalk.blogdrive.com/. A replacement has been set up, with contributions invited like those at the original:

http://dundalk-talk.blogspot.com

Anyone who saved the original's informative postings, please send them to Cryptome (jya@pipeline.com) for publication, or repost them on the new blog, or the blogs that will appear as needed to maintain the flow.


Related:

http://cryptome.org/blog-threat.htm

Thanks to A.:

From the Irish News, 5 January 2005.

Website rocks border town

EXCLUSIVE

By Catherine Morrison

A website falsely claiming to represent Dermot Ahern, the Republic’s minister for foreign affairs, lists dozens of alleged IRA members in his home town of Dundalk.

The bogus site also names a man said to be a former garda who passed information to the IRA leading to the murders of RUC officers Harry Breen and Bob Buchanan in 1989.

‘Dermot Ahern’s Dundalk Blog Page’ has received hundreds of hits since it went live on St Stephen’s Day.

The site offers readers salacious allegations on the “rough underworld” of Co Louth’s capital.

The weblog ­ a type of online diary ­ asks the town’s residents to post their views on a range of subjects from the mundane, like bin collections, to the controversial, such as drug dealing.

The site promises that no messages will be censored “simply because of a difference of opinion”.

Readers are being asked to “name and shame” drug dealers and nearly 20 people have already supplied names and addresses of alleged dealers in Dundalk.

One anonymous message reads: “If you did this in America, first you would be killed and second, you would be sued for libel.”

The blog’s author has also asked readers to post comments on the town’s solicitors.

But the largest response has been to a request to post the names and addresses of “terrorists in your community”.

Throughout the Troubles Dundalk was considered a safe haven for IRA men on the run from the security forces north of the border.

Some correspondents to the site have listed dozens of names and details of alleged paramilitary activities.

It was unclear last night whether legal action would be taken to close down the site.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said the minister had “absolutely nothing to do” with the site. She refused to comment further.

Gardai were also tight-lipped over the issue, saying they had “no comment” about the unusual web postings.

Sinn Fein Louth TD Arthur Morgan, whose name is featured on the blog, last night said he wanted the website shut down.

“I am aware of the website and I have written to the web-server asking them to take off this particular site, which according to their own terms and conditions states that it shouldn’t be there under rules of defamation and such like,” he said.

“My initial instinct was that this was done by someone with too much time on their hands.”


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Sunday, December 26, 2004
First post
This is a unique new outlet to post views on all aspects of life in (the town) Dundalk.Im sure many of you out there have many things bottled up that may not be suitable for the pages of the Democrat or Argus so why not go ahead and post them here.
The administrators of this site will be very broadminded with your posts and your posts will not be censored simply because of difference of opinions.
We call on you the towns people to post us on all sorts of topics: general living conditions, shops and their prices, the town council, pubs, restaurants, discos, roads, hospitals, crime, criminals, local politics, sport, etc etc the list is endless.
Posted at 12:46 pm by Dermot Ahern
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Name and Shame Drug Dealers
Name any drug dealers you know  operating in the Dundalk area.
Posted at 09:36 pm by Dermot Ahern
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Name and Shame Drug Dealers Sunday, December 26, 2004
Name any drug dealers you know operating in the Dundalk area.
7 comments
Posted by concerned parent @ 12/27/2004 02:15 AM PST	
Dougie ward from o hanlon park.
	 
Posted by m @ 12/27/2004 02:28 AM PST	
joe moran and paddy mc donagh
	 
Posted by P @ 12/29/2004 02:37 PM PST	
EX GARDA finfar hickey now living in cooley
	 
Posted by doctor who @ 12/29/2004 05:53 PM PST	
Guy called shannon, dont know his first name. His father 
is a crime detective based in dundalk at present.
	 
Posted by mc ardle @ 12/29/2004 07:47 PM PST	
mickey connolly but he is small time muppet just making a 
quick euro
	 
Posted by giant man @ 12/29/2004 07:52 PM PST	
know of the guy that sell illegal steroids in the ave rd 
gym, does he count.
	 
Posted by pppppp @ 12/30/2004 11:04 PM PST	
r u trying to get these arressted
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XMAS Shopping
I did most of my xmas shopping in the town at the last minute and at time you could have lay down on the road in Clanbrassil st, it was that quiet. As reported in the national media most people went North to do their festive shopping. The pay parking, no plastic bags, no smoking and the rip off prices are probably the main factors keeping people away from the town. Its about time the business community and the town council sat up and took attention that the town centre is going down the tubes.
Posted at 09:46 pm by Dermot Ahern
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Monday, December 27, 2004
Local politicians
Who on the local political scene does most for the town?
Posted at 02:20 am by Dermot Ahern
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sex industry in dundalk
Didnt realise it until now that the town had such a thriving sex industry, prostitutes are now operating in many residential parts of the town. Bay estate, greenacres, mary st north are but a few of the areas that have been invaded. These girls publish their details on any of the websites like irish escorts and dundalkescorts.com
Posted at 02:37 am by Dermot Ahern
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Tuesday, December 28, 2004
LOUTH HOSPITAL
Should more be done by the people of the town to prevent more downgrading of our hospital.
Posted at 11:17 pm by Dermot Ahern
Comments (3)  

Wednesday, December 29, 2004
LEGAL EAGLES
Members of Dundalks legal profession are amongst the countries top earners when it comes to Free Legal Aid payments and several are also amongst the high rollers as a result of compensation claims. Can their fees and costs be justified ??
Posted at 11:34 am by Dermot Ahern
Comments (7)  

EL PASO
How do you feel about our town being labelled EL PASO by the British gutter press ?
Posted at 11:37 am by Dermot Ahern
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PHOENIX BAR DUNDALK
Have been in this fine public hse over xmas and the weeks running up to xmas. Probably one of the towns better ale houses, except for the large lady who works there. To put it mildly she has the manners of a pig. First time i was in i thought maybe she was just having a bad night, now i realise she is like this all of the time. SACK HER NOW.
Posted at 05:23 pm by Dermot Ahern
Comments (9)  

Sunday, January 02, 2005
Dundalks IRA MEN
Post us names and addresses of all the terrorists in your community.
Posted at 01:25 pm by Dermot Ahern
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Monday, January 03, 2005
VODAFONE
Vodafone Ireland has its main Irish call centre based in Dundalk, employing in the region of 200 people. Most if not all those working there have access to all customer details from their phone records. For years now it is the talk of the town who is ringing who and who is texting who. Many employees discuss vodafone customer details on the outside and this can be very dangerous in a town like Dundalk. What is there stopping Vodafone employees discussing phone records with serious criminals or terrorists. Very little background checks are done on those working in Vodafone.

Posted at 03:42 pm by Dermot Ahern
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Green Bin Charges ?
Just recieved an email from a reader concerned that Dundalk householders will be charged for using the green "recycling" bin in the coming months. Ive just written off to Oxygen who operate the local service for clarification on the planned charges. Will keep you updated.

Posted at 07:17 pm by Dermot Ahern
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