It's over two weeks now and still no sign of Libby Squire. There seems to be absolutely no indication of any breakthrough and although a Polish man was arrested and charged with stealing sex toys and knickers and exposing himself, we don't appear to be anywhere near an arrest or a clue to the whereabouts of LIbby.

We do know that Pawel Relowicz is person of interest in her disappearance so he needs to be carefully investigated and he did seem to live close by. The biggest clue to this whole investigation was the ''Blood Curdling Scream'' which was heard by a neighbour on the night she went missing. The neighbour actually sat up in bed and heard a door or gate slam and heard mumbling voices. I believe the neighbour heard the person or persons who took Libby. The Police looked everywhere for her. She was taken and god only knows where she is now. It means now that whoever has her has had over two weeks to cover it up. I must say though that if I heard a Blood Curdling Scream I would do something about it and call the Police or discreetly look out a window.

The CCTV footage is very poor though, A big cobweb blocking the view of a male sitting in a car smoking a rolled up cigarette. 84% of people on twitter believe Libby was kidnapped/abducted against her will.

The Police need to update us all to what is happening surely, Is Hull safe at night? Will we ever see Libby again?

​So many questions....

I was hoping for a postive outcome just like I was when Libby Squire dissappeared and Emiliano Salla plane went missing. I just wanted to hear good news. Unfortunately at this stage I don't think Libby will turn up alive. We hear today that a Polish national was arrested on suspicion of abduction. I also saw some despicable comments claiming that it's a foreign national so we should blame them all for causing problems here. This is not a clever thing to believe or to start saying. Murders are sometimes committed by all nationalities. But I do believe that allowing foreign nationals into my country that have murdered in there homeland is absolute madness.

I do remember the murder of Jeshma Raithatha in the mid noughties and the murder of Alice Gross. These awful crimes were carried out by two Latvian nationals who had convictions for sex crimes in there homeland and Arnis Zalkans served 7 years of a 12 year sentence for murdering his wife and then murdering Alice, How did these men come in to the UK? Why didn't his passport show that he committed crimes before? However we cannot just blame foreign nationals for homicides and murders. We have enough English and Irish men and women who murder too.

Libby was intoxicated coming home but as I said on Twitter recently, ''it's a sad day when you can't stumble home drunk without falling prey to psychos''. The Polish man who was arrested has not been arrested and charged with her abduction so he remains innocent until proven guilty. The Police will do there job and do a thorough investigation. It was reported that Paweł Rełowicz offered Libby a lift home and typed in her address to his sat nav. His sister says he was worried for her safety. Well here is what he should have done, Called the Police and reported to them that a squad car is required to take a drunk woman home and that he is concerned for her safety. He is not responsible for her and so that leads me to question his reasons for it.

From day one I never believed Libby fell into a lake or pond by accident. After hearing the witness say she heard screaming leads me to believe that a local man bundled her into a vehicle or local house and then panicked. Arnis Zalkans was able to hide Alice Gross body in the river Brent after divers scoured that river for a week. It was so well hidden even experienced divers and detectives were shocked at how experienced Zalkans was, at hiding a body.

TV shows like CSI are giving potential killers the ideas on how to hide bodies and how to evade the police forensics team. Those shows certainly have not helped the good guys.

Praying that Libby's parents and family get Libby home soon.

JB

Before you read this please understand this is purely speculation and theoretical. I am trying to put together what may have happened and just like you I want to see Libby come home safe and well.


When I heard a witness come forward and say she sat up in bed when she heard a woman scream, I knew Police were dealing with an abduction. The witness said she regularly heard students go by her house shouting and ranting but this sounded different. It has been mentioned in many news outlets that Libby did return home to her digs and then left again and was seen nearby sitting on a bench. It seems a bit strange that she left her phone at home. Did she go and meet someone that she was expecting at the bench or was she so drunk she was unaware what she was doing.

She does appear to have then come back to her house where the neighbour heard the scream. The witness said she heard mumbling voices and then a loud bang of a gate. This may indicate that she was either bundled against her will into a nearby property or in to a van or vehicle. And mumbling voices indicates more than one possible perpetrator.

If this is the case then I really hope the Police alert the public that we could have a person or persons on the prowl who could pose a serious danger to the public. They have searched lakes and canals and still no sign of Libby.

I am sure close friends, boyfriends, Ex boyfriends will all be interviewed and alibis are considered.

I hope I am wrong and that she turns safe and well but as every day passes, we have to consider my conclusions.

Oh how times are a changing, I remember winning my first medal in October 1986 after winning the U17 boys singles in the Silvermints tournament in Dalkey. I was also runner up in the U14 boys singles. There was 3 medals for first, seecond and third. If you failed to reach the last 3 then that was your problem. Life is setting you up for the knocks and the falls that you will receive, and by god you will get big disappointments, you will aslo get joy and success. The three medal winners trained harder and deserved the medal. The others needed to try harder or find something they can excel at.

At a recent event I was attending I asked the teacher who was organising the competition about what prizes she had for the winners. I asked her was the there a first, second and third and to quote a lyric from a famous Hot Chocolate song ''Everyone's a winner'' She said Everyone gets a medal. I wanted to say something but could see the joy in her face and I didn't want to ruin her day. I waited until the following week to drop the bomb and come clean about how I felt about all children receiving a medal and how that can impact on there lives in later years.

She completely understood my point of view but I could see that she was going to continue down that path. If many teachers and youth leaders start this pointless and dangerous exercise then we will have a whole load of kids growing up butt hurt and very angry because they are not winning in life.

Remember, give a trophy to the winner. Show the other kids that there can be only one. How about we give Roger Federer the trophy and give everyone else a medal for taking part. This is the kind of nonsense that will destroy the next generation.


JB



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Trevor Deely was an ordinary 22 year old man, who had a steady job in the bank and had many friends at the time of his out of character disappearance. I worked in Percy Place at the time of his disappearance in December 2000. I always remember the seedy area just at the back of the building where I worked which was a haven for Prostitutes. Smyth's pub was a local hangout for staff in my office and we would often walk past the girls of the night who would try to proposition us. It was a lonely area and very cut off from the hustle and bustle of Baggot Street.

Since 2000 many theories have emerged about what had happened to Trevor. Did he fall into the canal close by. Did he change his name and jet off to South America to get away from Ireland and start over. I remember being very vocal in my office at the time of his vanishing. During the period of 2000, we had seen many young women disappear in the 90's including Jo Jo Dullard, Fiona Pender, Deirdre Jacob and Annie McCarrick and to be fair it had crossed my mind did one of these missing women have a similar experience connected to Trevor.

My gut feeling was that the man seen talking to Trevor outside the Bank Of Ireland on the night of his disappearance is the man responsible for Trevor's vanishing. My theory is that man was collecting a debt from Trevor for something that Trevor had acquired from that man or associates of that individual. The man turned up outside that building because he must have known Trevor worked there and was asking him do you have my money. The boss is getting upset and needs his cash. Trevor didn't have the means at that time to repay the man and after a few warnings had got impatient and decided to deal with Trevor in a more aggressive way.

This theory by the way is pure speculation but having watched the evidence on TV documentaries, having seen the guy in the grainy image on CCTV and taking into account that Trevor just vanished, the only reasonable conclusion is that Trevor met his end in a very unpleasant manner. The area where he vanished was crawling with Pimps, Prostitutes and drug dealers. I also remember cocaine was rampant and that many people were taking it. The drug has to come from somewhere and someone has to pay for it. I am not suggesting Trevor had a drug habit but it is a theory that must have been examined by Gardai. In the last few hours Gardai have been digging up an area of land in Chapelizod, West Dublin and following a tip off from an individual who said that Trevor had an interaction with top Dublin Criminal who was operating in that locality at the time.

To this day I still see photos of Trevor attached to lamp posts on Haddington Rd and Baggot St. I wish Trevor's family have closure soon and that this case is not a cold case anymore and that it is eventually solved.

JB

In recent years I have begun to notice the massive globalisation around the world and the one state political system that some political leaders and institutions are trying to implement. The free movement of people from country to another and the ease at which this is possible.  This has undoubtedly had a knock on effect in our sporting circles and particularly when it comes to National Championships. I played in the Irish Table Tennis National Championships for 25 years, and during that period it was kept to players who had Irish passports and who played for one of the four provinces.

That started to change in the noughties when the authorities allowed players who were living here for at least 6 years and who could prove that they are domiciled here. I have always thought that athletes who do not have an Irish passport should not be allowed to play in the National Championships of any sport. They are welcome to enter the Irish Open, Connaught Open, Leinster Open and so on. Otherwise call the even the Irish Open and let everyone play.

Many sports have taken advantage of getting athletes from elite level, a passport or citizenship process speeded up so they can play for that country. This has been apparent in the Premier League. The argument from people who agree with allowing elite athletes from any country play because they will improve performance. They can improve performance in the other events and play in there homeland National Championships. I certainly would not expect to be playing in the Hungarian, French or German National Championships without a passport from that country. Living there for 6 years should not be a reason to let them play in the event. If you cannot vote in National Elections then you should not be allowed play the National Championships.


Yours In Sport

​JB

I would firstly like to start by wishing you all a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. In recent years it has been quite a challenge sourcing Merry Christmas Cards. For a while I was naive in not really understanding why ''Seasons Greetings'' was the most popular in card shops and why I couldn't get my hands on Happy Christmas cards and then it struck me, It's offensive to people of non Christian faith. Yes, we have become a nation and a Europe of political correctness and over the top pandering to people who we welcome here with open arms. We don't enforce our beliefs, our culture, our customs and our beautiful way of life but yet accept there extreme customs. We have become a very tolerant society and compliant with whatever governments expect of us.

In many other societies I am expected to follow custom, to respect the laws and the culture and I do so and I expect the same when someone visits my homeland. In the late noughties I visited the United Arab Emirates and stayed beside the Burj Al Arab hotel ( not in my budget). I remember taking a sip of cool water in the 41 degree heat and being touched on the arm by a local stranger who insisted I put my bottle of water away and to stop insulting his culture. Yes this did actually happen during Ramadan and yes I put the water away. But after the incident I thought hang on here, I am a tourist, I was not aware of Ramadan and isn't it a little over the top to request that I stop drinking water in dead heat at 12pm in a Dubai afternoon?

Recently at the entrance to a bank in Dublin City Centre I witnessed a courier being asked to remove his helmet to enter the bank which is common practice here. Then momentarily I also saw a woman in a Burka with two slits in the eyes walking past the same security man with no bother getting in. For me this is nonsense and totally unaceptable. They both have there faces covered and should be both asked to remove there face covers. It is situations like this that really get under the skin of some people. Europe has been spiralling out of control for sometime now. Merkel with her open border policies. 1 Million migrants being let in to Germany, Sweden losing its grip on the migrant crisis there and immigration at the top of most peoples concerns. Approximately 960,000 thousand migrants coming from war torn Syria entered Germany over the last year. 33,000 have sought employment and the others are on benefit. The recent terrorist attack in Berlin where a fanatical Jihad stole a truck and killed its driver and then drove the truck into a crowd of people was from Tunisia. The last time I checked, Tunisia was not at war. This attacker was let roam freely around Europe with a gun and it took German authorities 4 days to find him in ...wait for it......Italy.

I have become very interested in this failed EU project of flooding Europe with low paid migrants, carrying on like terrorism is the new norm. You hear the term ''Foiled plot'' mentioned in the mainstream media. You will be called ''Xenophobic'' or ''Racist'' if you have a passion to help Europe from falling into the wrong hands. These Jihadists want Europe more than us at present and whoever wants it most will win. This is a war and unless you get your head out of the sand and do something to help Europe survive, whether it be talking passionately with your friends and family, tweeting or facebook and show some back bone of why they should be worried, then we will lose to those lunatics and they  will come here with the caliphate.

Merkel has to go now, as we need real leadership. Obama, Cameron and Merkel have been 3 of the weakest leaders I can certainly remember in my lifetime and although I go about my own business, working to pay the mortgage and having a pleasant life, I am worried about where we are all going in this doomed EU project. It has been so encouraging to see online other passionate and concerned individuals thinking about how to survive the onslaught of these weak leaders and Islamic State and there medieval butchery.

Trump, Farage & Le Pen will all help to defeat the terrorists, tighten borders and force Arab states to take in refugees because to this day they have not taken in many and possibly none. They have sent aid but that is not enough. Why should we have to be burdened with millions of migrants. I am all for helping genuine war survivors and the Aleppo scenes are dreadful but Arab states should be taking in more. Who and why did someone in power give these orders? But some leftist Europeans are tolerant, compliant with whatever happens, instead of asking why?

We must fight to save our Europe, We had the Franco Prussian war, WW1 & WW2 and if we don't do something soon we will be in a bigger mess than now and who knows what we may face. DO SOMETHING!

​JB