https://news.sky.com/story/great-gr...-armed-robbers-at-bookies-in-ireland-11500608 Many would call this man foolish, but at the same time you have got to admire his courage.
I am one who would call him foolish! What a prize bloody idiot. What on earth did he think he was doing? Saving the money of the millionaire bookmakers? If they told me to, I'd very happily help them fill their bags with banknotes. What do I care. That silly old man is lucky they're not writing 'Hero' on his gravestone.
Just as a matter of interest, the bookies was owned by Bar One Racing Ltd. Turnover 94.5 million Euros last year and assets of 2.9 million. I would expect the directors spend more on a single lunch than the robbers would have made from doing a County Cork bookies. It would make not one ha'penny worth of difference to them if the robbery had succeeded or not. Insurance would have paid up in any case. I'm 100% certain their instructions to their shop workers if an armed robbery takes place is to cooperate fully. Even for them, to lose a couple of grand is nothing compared to a dead body in the shop.
Anybody notice the Watford-Utd game on the TV? Maybe the old fella was a Hornet, and was angry from going 0-2 down?!
