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Squad Car with NI plates

chrussell · 2009-11-03 01:25:19

I was in Galway the other day and I noticed a marked squad car parked on the bridge over the corrib jst down from mill street. Now the odd thing was it wa a Garda car but had yellow UK reg plates (presumeably northern). Anyone else seen it?? I thought it was abit odd

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I was in Galway the other day and I noticed a marked squad car parked on the bridge over the corrib jst down from mill street. Now the odd thing was it wa a Garda car but had yellow UK reg plates (presumeably northern).

Anyone else seen it?? I thought it was abit odd

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#2 03-11-2009 1:33am

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there probably trying to dodge the VRT on it....

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#3 03-11-2009 1:33am

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The Tans are back?

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#4 03-11-2009 9:49am

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GC->ES with redirect. The boys in blue should be able to tell you more.

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#5 03-11-2009 9:55am

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They turned up in Tallaght as well

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055424268

Photos of them towards the end of the thread. Page 25 to be exact

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#6 03-11-2009 10:15am

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chrussell wrote: »

I was in Galway the other day and I noticed a marked squad car parked on the bridge over the corrib jst down from mill street. Now the odd thing was it wa a Garda car but had yellow UK reg plates (presumeably northern).

Anyone else seen it?? I thought it was abit odd

Its to do with the new all ireland police service that President Paisley introduced just before he was canonised. Changing the PSNI to Garda on the cars was the only way to get catholics to join up so they said they may aswell go the whole hog and integrate the two services. It was also the only way that the Gardai could acquire water cannon without exceeding budgets.

Any potential recruits to An Garda Siochana could now end up patrolling the falls road on phase 2 of their training as there is no current recruitment to GARDA NI.

Further information in last weeks An Phoblacht.

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#7 03-11-2009 5:30pm

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whats the idea with them were they on patrol?

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#8 03-11-2009 5:39pm

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ivabiggon wrote: »

whats the idea with them were they on patrol?

Officers from the Dublinderry division may have been in Galway for the baton conference.

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#9 03-11-2009 5:40pm

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Vehicle details
Vehicle Details 1 for registration number RCZ9767
Make
FORD
Model
MONDEO LX

Matches the car - cops buying in cars from the UK/North or something?

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#10 03-11-2009 5:45pm

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KitKat ad?

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#11 03-11-2009 5:49pm

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The front one must have very big wheels.

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#12 03-11-2009 6:18pm

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w123 wrote: »

The front one must have very big wheels.

Must be the new high viz patrol Operation Stilts.

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#13 03-11-2009 6:29pm

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I doubt this happens in any other country in the EU except this banana republic that the registration plate from another state is used on an official Police vehicle, complete farce of a place we live in :mad:

Or perhaps they are being used for the RSA for road safety advert with Northern counterpart as the northern plates are easier to photoshop after the dual run ad is made, in which case we don't live in a farce of a place

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#14 03-11-2009 6:36pm

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Funny thing is that someone on here actually knows their purpose and for the life of me I cant remember as the post containing that info has been deleted. Damn my bad memory.

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#15 03-11-2009 10:46pm

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no lights on them ....and there hatchbacks... the car in the snack ad was a hatchback ...

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#16 03-11-2009 11:04pm

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wexfjord wrote: »

Funny thing is that someone on here actually knows their purpose and for the life of me I cant remember as the post containing that info has been deleted. Damn my bad memory.

Theres a film being made in Galway at the moment called the "Gaurds" with Brendan Gleeson the main actor, I reckon they are probally being used in the Film and are the property of the Film company.

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#17 03-11-2009 11:06pm

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wexfjord wrote: »

Funny thing is that someone on here actually knows their purpose and for the life of me I cant remember as the post containing that info has been deleted. Damn my bad memory.

wasnt it uk tv company making a show or somethin

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#18 04-11-2009 12:00am

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I think they are making this into a film; http://www.kenbruen.com/guards.php

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1538402/

It was filming outside near my house the last day and were in the G Hotel in Galway during the week filming.

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#19 05-11-2009 6:11pm

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I dont think it was for a film, the squad car I seen was a proper squad car like the ones in the picture earlier in this thread, but it had blue lights on top of it too

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chrussell wrote: »

I dont think it was for a film, the squad car I seen was a proper squad car like the ones in the picture earlier in this thread, but it had blue lights on top of it too

If they were going to show a Garda car in a film it would want blue lights on it as well.

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#21 05-11-2009 7:34pm

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I was in Derry last weekend and saw an umarked police car with English plates giving chase to another car which I thought was unusual

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the_dark_side wrote: »

I was in Derry last weekend and saw an umarked police car with English plates giving chase to another car which I thought was unusual

Could have been a car that was kitted out in England and then sent over to the PSNI. The Garda Command and Control vehicles apparantly had UK plates on them before being sent over. There is a pic in the gallery thread.

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