Upcoming Police State: New laws with e100 on the spot fines for being drunk in public

Run_to_da_hills · 2008-09-15 13:06:03

Just as we thought things were getting bad for off licences and night clubs closing early, Gardai are now given new powers to issue e100 on the spot fines to anyone caught drunk in public and e140 for those that are drunk and disorderly in public. The Gardai will have a field day in any city or large town in Ireland. This…

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#362 23-09-2008 12:16PM

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None thats made the news you mean.
Personally, having seen the gardai here and knowing how bent they are from personal experience, I do not accept that there has been any great reform of the gardai.
Neither would a judge when faced with a non-scumbag so thats why this bill was introduced so that you could remove the discretion of a judge.

I do however, belive that there are some very good gardai out there who genuinely believe in what they are doing. Unfortunately, I belive that the only way to help these guys is to cull the bad apples out of the force so that wanting to do your job does not make you a leper.

all good arguments against summary justice, abandonment of jury trials and changing double jeopardy rules

seems very copycat british justice system to me

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