I agree with you Mark . It is a habit of journalists that I do not like either . Mr Gillespie was the victim and is not here to defend himself . He did nothing wrong . Yet when journalists are reporting the court appearances of the criminal thugs who carry out such diabolical acts of violence they call them Mr, Mrs, Ms or Miss as appropriate…

#Johnny
I was meerly responding to all the back slapping and “great work” the gardai is getting in this tragic case in this thread with “could they have done more”?

As for facts – Eugene Gillespie is dead. He was found dying more than 24 hours AFTER a 999 Emergency call was made which “was quite specific” (Garda spokesman released this information only on Wednesday 27th). Fact

Councillor Declan Bree said on RTE news that “had Mr Gillespie been found on Thursday evening, due to “extent of his injuries he would not have survived”? Fact.

Who gave this information to Cllr Bree? State Patologist?Gardai? Hospital Spokesman? Doctor?

I even heard on RTE radio on Monday 24th September that Mr Gillespie, had he survived, would have had his hands “amputated”? Who released this information to the media?

Could the Gardai have done more? As it is a very prominent Brown Gate/Door which is less than 100 yards from Garda Station.

Maybe had he been found earlier he might have survived?

I didn’t know Mr Gillespie but if I was a friend or a family member I would want to know the answer?
…………Put yourself in Mr Gillespie’s shoes –

I simply asked – Could the Gardai have done more?
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Marie
The gardai get a lot of hoax calls and to be honest if they announced them every time , people would soon get fed up checking and eventually not bother ……. The Gardai I am sure did their best given the circumstances , they really are not at fault here.
Yes it is very sad and I am sure the Gardai are gutted they did not find Mr Gillespie sooner ,but they are only human too.
It is the thugs who left Mr Gillespie to die you should be condemning !

Maire : not an unusual call at all . Gardai receive false unusual calls every day of the week. They done all they could on the information that was available to them .

If the Gardai have made a mistake they should hold their hands up and admit it. They are human.
It is the deafening silence from their press office who seem to be feeding the press with dribs and drabs? The latest was yesterday that the emergency 999 call “was quite specific”? What does this mean?

Why the delay in releasing this call? What will happen if the murderer strikes again?

Is the reason they have not released it yet because the caller has a distinct accent? Has our society has gone PC mad?

Sligo is a big town, population of about 18 thousand….and like all residential/town areas there are a lot of brown gates!

The population of the town is 18,000 That makes for a lot of brown gates and as per previous posters Garda get lots of hoax callers .
I have no doubt this case will resolve fairly quickly especially as there is at least one person out there who most be under huge emotional pressure to come forward.
If they made the 999 / 112 call from a mobile it will be easily traced as will all other numbers that phone has been in contact with. If he made it from a phone box the cctv footage from the area will pin them down

just to confirm Mike, seeing is there is no way to distinguish between the hoax and the real calls do you want full scale public alerts for all calls gardai cannot locate due to limited or incorrect information? How many Gardai do you think are available for searches like this. Im sure the Gardai involved are devastated by this but none of it is in any way shape or form

@Mike As sean said , maybe go to Roscommon with john and look for that 1000e left under the rock . Sure ring the local radio station I’m sure once people hear ur message the rock will be identified . it will only take 5 minutes . If u don’t understand this post maybe read it again .

@mike If Mr Gillespie was kin to me, that’s exactly what I’d do! The fact that the house is 60 yards from the station deems the lack of action derisive at best, lazy at worst!

Maybe they searched based on the information received, perhaps after performing a search they put the call down to yet another bogus caller wasting police time which I am sure is more often the case than not. I find it distressing that the poor man was lying on the floor for two days. My sympathies to his family and friends. I hope the perpetrators are caught.

Why am I getting thumbs down. There should have been a full scale public alert on local radio etc to check on all neighbours with a brown gate on their house. if that was done this man would probably be alive today. It’s better to look foolish 100 times for a false alarm than to risk not acting.

Full scale public alert? Do you live in Ireland mike? There’s no emergency system like that in the country. How would you get information to everyone in Sligo?

@mike

Are you serious?

seriously Mike grow up. you have no idea what your talking about

Mike
It is not possible to alert the public to every life and death call the Gardai receive because a lot of calls the gardai get are hoax… The Gardai looked I am sure in accordance to the information they were given ,and they certainly are not at fault for Mr Gillespie’s death.
His death is horrific but the Gardai are ordinary people who come from ordinary decent families and who would do their utmost to save this man’s life .
Please understand that Mr Gillespie was murdered by the thugs who tied him up , beat him and left him to die . May he Rest In Peace.

did someone adk how many guards it takes to make a call? tske a hint from all the people disagreeing with u

Mike. are u just one of those who thinks they can solve the worlds problems from ur laptop . Get real . the Gardai could not possibly have done any more . our radio stations would be inundated with false alarm calls every hour of the day if they done what u wanted .

if they did receive a call, they obviously weren’t told the address so I’d like to see you do better

Its not the gardai who beat him and tied him up. I hope they find the animals who did this.

Last time I looked there quite a few brown gates in Sligo . Also quite a few males living in houses in Sligo . Grow up john .

John I’ve left you €1000 under a rock in Roscommon. Good luck.

you obviously dont harbour sny bad feelings toward the pollice

too busy checking for tax on carstand filling out allowance claims forms! you know, the real crime fighting! Joke!

Where?

Sadly in these cases , It is generally the same socio economic grouping that are involved . In this case throw in your cocktail of speed snow and heroin and whatever other crap that is been taken in the area and and there you will find your suspects

The caller said that the man was tied up. There’s only one way they could know that! And that’s the person who tied him up!