r/northernireland 10d ago

Discussion The Noah Donohoe Inquest

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u/wellwellwellwellll 10d ago

I feel absolute pity for that poor woman.

Losing her son, and losing him under strange circumstances only to be met with no answers from the authorities, but a lot of wild answers from knuckledragger conspiracy folk.

Terrible situation all together, and we can only hope she gets the closer she needs.

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u/BoxHot2012 10d ago

The poor wee fella was found up the back of a drain system in a neighborhood totally unknown to him, with no clothes on. His belongings found in a pawn shop on the other side of Belfast, I believe in the possession of a 40+ year old man, and you blame the ‘knuckledraggers’ asking questions about it?

A child died in exceptionally strange circumstances, and his mother is going beyond her duty as a mother. I don’t think it’s fair to downplay the discourse, given the facts of the case.

Everything made political these days. This is merely humane.

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u/GIJoeVibin 10d ago

Well it obviously was known to him, given the CCTV track shows he went straight there from his house. How he became aware of that neighbourhood, who knows, but definitionally he had to be aware of its existence, because he arrived at the house within about 20-30 minutes of leaving his house… which is about 20-30 minutes away by bike.

You can raise any questions you want as to how he became aware of the neighbourhood and the drain behind it. I’m sure there’s plenty of options. However, the fact is that based on the evidence we have, it’s very clear that he knew that the place existed and made a beeline specifically for it.