Madeleine McCann: The McGuckins, Middle-Class Drinks And
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY MIRROR: “Portugal booze parents’ court fear”
It’s Eamon and Antoinette McGuckin.
Bank manager Eamon, 35, passed out in the hotel reception while Antoinette, 36, vomited before falling unconscious.
A source close to the family said last night: “They are very ashamed. They want to go to court. They want to say to the judge that the children are safe with them.”
Significant:
Vilamoura is 45 miles from Praia da Luz, where four-year-old Madeleine McCann went missing while her parents were out with friends a year ago.
DAILY MAIL: “Shamed: The middle class parents who got so drunk on holiday their three children were taken into care”
Middle-class drinkers. Who knew of such a thing?
Mr McGuckin used to be manager of the Magherafelt branch of the Ulster Bank, a spokesman said. He left 18 months ago and is understood to now work for a mortgage company. His wife is a full-time mother.
British parents:
The incident has caused outrage in Portugal, where the year-long investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has already raised questions over standards of British parenting.
BELFAST NEWSLETTER: “Couple ‘will face NI social services’”
THE parents of three children taken into care because they apparently got so drunk on holiday they both passed out are likely to face a grilling by social services when they get home from Portugal.With the parallels to the tragic Madeleine McCann case already drawn, the case comes after Portuguese police faced great criticism over their handling of the missing four-year-old English girl.
The parents were said to have been lucky it wasn’t a case of “one Maddie but three Maddies”.
THE INDEPENDENT: “Holiday parents to appear before judge”
Mrs McGuckin has said she drank only three beers and has requested details of hospital blood tests because she was “very surprised” at her reaction, the source said.
The source added: “They were tired, they woke up at around 4am (to travel to Portugal), then there was the flight.
“Then it was too hot - they are very red, they got a lot of sun. All this together could be the reason.”
The incident happened just 45 miles from Praia da Luz, where Madeleine McCann went missing from her family’s holiday apartment while her parents dined nearby.
THE SUN: “’Quiz kid killer on Maddie’”
Relatives of five-year-old Mari Luz Cortes claim convicted paedophile Santiago del Valle has committed other crimes. Her grandfather Juan Cortes said: “The authorities should investigate him fully because that way they may be able to discover what happened to Madeleine. We are sure he is hiding other secrets from the police.”
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS: “Man with a special Power”
It’s Joe Power.
If a medium is claiming knowledge of such a case, there is only one logical conclusion about Madeleine’s fate, I venture. But no, Power says his information does come from beyond the grave but ‘from relatives, from Madeleine’s family and people who work closely with me in the spirit world, spirit guides, that type of thing’.
He believes five people were connected with the disappearance of Madeleine. He says he passed his information on to police in Portugal early in the investigation.
How do you work Madeleine McCann into a news story?
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May 7th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
as the americans say
god fuck the mcconns
excellent fun
nite all
May 7th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
evenin’ all
not time to read thru all the stuff
excellent music on the barbican today
mcconns in anguish hurtful suffering
excellent sport
i love this end game
May 7th, 2008 at 10:23 am
New thread…been up years ago.
May 7th, 2008 at 10:18 am
450
Ferdinand Says:
May 7th, 2008 at 9:42 am
431 jo Says:
” Why dont you just stay in the uk and get pissed there? ”
For me always an option.
” The result of Madeleine”s “abduction has severely damaged portugal because of a pair of idiots who have made a big fuss,POISONING everybody around them,people,countries,medias. ”
It’s a pity I still have Lissabon on my list of interesting European cities yet to visit. It was shortlisted for this autumn, but now I think it has to wait another year.
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If you take it like this,there is a solution: DONT GO TO PORTUGAL,EVER
May 7th, 2008 at 10:05 am
its nearly feeding time ..
May 7th, 2008 at 9:59 am
454…val
The Investigation is ongoing…and always has been since May 3rd 2007.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:58 am
441 Gandolf
I presume Seb is your brother-in-law and obviously he was right, but surely he too
would question the change of personnel only for the case to be shelved?
May 7th, 2008 at 9:56 am
438 Matt
Iv”e aged 20 years since January, when I first posted on Anorak!!!!!!! To my mind,
whereas a couple of days ago I really thought the case would be shelved, now another
twist to the tale and it”s back to the Drawing Board.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:48 am
451…Ferdinand
What’s private about getting legless publicly ???
May 7th, 2008 at 9:46 am
445 Matt. Says:
” I wonder what the details are which the Portuguese Authorities will be passing
on to the NI Authorities ? ”
I don’t care. For me it’s a private affair. The NI social services may call them to see if everyhing is all right.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:42 am
448…jo
Ciao, jo.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:42 am
431 jo Says:
” Why dont you just stay in the uk and get pissed there? ”
For me always an option.
” The result of Madeleine”s “abduction has severely damaged portugal because of a pair of idiots who have made a big fuss,POISONING everybody around them,people,countries,medias. ”
It’s a pity I still have Lissabon on my list of interesting European cities yet to visit. It was shortlisted for this autumn, but now I think it has to wait another year.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:40 am
I am off now
Too much to do
Have a good day
xxxx to all
May 7th, 2008 at 9:40 am
441
xklamation
I feel terribly sorry for your country.
This is absolutely disgraceful,not right at all and some posters now are saying absurd things
Un abrazo
May 7th, 2008 at 9:38 am
435
chenier
Yes… I remember now
I had a full house and obviously didnt follow the chat here.
Anyhow,I believe this is good for the PJ but for god sake,it is time to have a definitive answer about the mccanns,on way or the other
I dont know what to make out of this silence (PJ)
I do love clarries silence tho.He has understood the PJ is NOT joking
Reconstruction?no reconstruction? charges? no charges?phew…it is taking too long now
May 7th, 2008 at 9:37 am
443…Ferdinand
In who’s opinion ??
Ah…..your’s of course.
I wonder what the details are which the Portuguese Authorities will be passing
on to the NI Authorities ?
May 7th, 2008 at 9:35 am
440…Gandolf
He must have been reading 3a’s then.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:35 am
434 Matt. Says:
” 427…Ferdinand
Seems they didn’t want their case presented in Court either. ”
The case was waste of time anyway. The portuguese authorities were obliged to investigate the children’s welfare, but since it was clear that they would leave on Friday anyway, any measures that will or will not be taken are decided by UK authorities.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:34 am
morning all …fish van coming to pick me up in a mo…….438 Jo just a question of timing wont be long now
May 7th, 2008 at 9:34 am
417
jo Says:
May 7th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Buenas, Good Morning
Gracias Jo por compreenderes. Thank you.
besos xx
May 7th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Seb knew Ribeiro was for the bullet.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:33 am
New thread, spacious accomodations, please obtain receipts for your children before entering the Cactus Bar…
May 7th, 2008 at 9:32 am
430
val
Hi,Val,good morning
Dont worry about it,things happen
Yes: where is clarrie? he has totally disappeared,thank god for this,really…I mean,disappeared from the public eye but I bet he is working behind the scene.
I am so glad the PJ shut him up….thats the best news in over a year
I feel things are cooking on the PJs side and I hope the PJ is going to act soon,one way or the other.Enough is enough.I expect news developements with Almeida Rodriguez
What do you think?
May 7th, 2008 at 9:32 am
436…val
seb knows nuffin. IMO
May 7th, 2008 at 9:29 am
430 Gandolf
Why take on a new guy just to announce the case would be shelved? It doesn”t make
sense, if the aim is to shelve the case, better to do it while Ribiero was involved and he
could have been blamed!!!!!!!! My guess is the Portugese will be very annoyed after
all the time and money spent, also the insults from our Press and two fingers from the
McCanns regarding the recon.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:28 am
421
jo Says:
May 7th, 2008 at 9:06 am
NO news about the mccanns?
Read this….their new blow
May be,you have read it already?
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Jo, we knew all about this last night.
I pointed it out to you, remember?
You were too busy cooking to read the article.
Remember?
May 7th, 2008 at 9:26 am
427…Ferdinand
Seems they didn’t want their case presented in Court either.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:26 am
429
Gandolf Says:
May 7th, 2008 at 9:20 am
in jail?
jo, do keep up we where first with the news on Anorak yesterday, Seb tells me the new guy will shelve this huge embarassment.
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Shelve this huge embarrassment,yes
May 7th, 2008 at 9:26 am
427
Ferdinand Says:
May 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
424 SteveT Says:
” Legging it and not attending court suggests they new what caused their sleeping! ”
You don’t get my point. I do not appreciate having my case presented in Portuguese television should I ever have one drink too many on holiday. If this is the way things are now dealt with in Portugal, so be it, I prefer Greece.
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On the other hand, the Greeks are just as likely to take a hardline when it comes to looking after the children of tourists who’ve had one too many, are out cold, and incapable of doing so themselves…
May 7th, 2008 at 9:25 am
427
Ferdinand
If this is the way things are now dealt with in Portugal, so be it, I prefer Greece.
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Why dont you just stay in the uk and get pissed there?if going on holidays means just that,getting pissed and making a fool of yourself then……
Why this attitude towards portugal?
The result of Madeleine”s “abduction has severely damaged portugal because of a pair of idiots who have made a big fuss,POISONING everybody around them,people,countries,medias.The work of dictatorI HOPE they will be PUNISHED
May 7th, 2008 at 9:23 am
421 Jo
Morning to you and all,
I just posted the Sun article and was Moderated, just about to have a go at Mods
and Admin when I saw your post!!!!!!!!! Why couldn”t it read “this article has already
been posted”?
No news from CM, I”m wondering if his services are no longer required.