Been chuckling about this all day. See post #2.
We've got an English friend staying at the moment and I basically told her the news reported above that there were a few Irishmen deported for a scam. Guess what the scam was I asked?
Uhhh ... Tarmac she replied.
So many stories and run ins ...... just one ... my father had a contracting paving, kerbing, duct laying business which my brother now runs which we all worked on when we were teens and we had numerous run-ins and fights with them. Always trying to steal scrap, tools and machinery.
One involved them trying to steal a roller. Yes a bloody aspalt roller whilst we were in the middle of a job. Loading it up on their trailer. We caught them, outnumbered them and put all the windows in and smashed up their van with shovels. Cops were called and were going to press charges against my brother.
My father just asked for the cops name and told him to be his guest, go ahead and press charges as he would welcome it and the media attention he would ensure that would go with it. And that's just one story.