FBI CIA M15

caseyann

What is the equivalent for them here in Ireland?
Is there one and have you ever seen them or suspected you have?

ilovelamp2000

Presumably it's the Irish Secret Service.

You only ever hear about them when budgets are talked about, so I'm guessing they're doing a good job.

mikom

caseyann wrote: »

FBI CIA M15

IBTL TBH

omahaid

I think special branch deal with a lot of stuff too (similar to the FBI).

ejmaztec

Shush, boards have ears.

mawk

rte probably do most of the investigating.

Though the secret service do exist. No idea if they just stand around all day playing pool or not

Pygmalion

If someone posts the correct answer how long can they expect to wait for the knock on the door?

Fago!

caseyann wrote: »

Is there one and have you ever seen them or suspected you have?

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Coriolanus

Pygmalion wrote: »

If someone posts the correct answer how long can they expect to wait for the knock on the door?

Psh, the data packet would be intercepted en route to the boards server. Wed never even know that someone knew the right answer, they'd just disappear!

PeakOutput

when you think about it the aims of our secret service and the cia mi5 etc woudl be completely different

we are nto at war, we are not a terrorist target(if you leave aside the north which is am and no1 really wants to do us harm in a traditional blow them up start a war type of way

so it is way more likely that our secret service does more things in the economic and industrial scopes like protect our industries and our economies from sabotage from abroad aswell as protecting our foreign diplomats while abroad

im jsut guessing really though but i have heard that most of the secret service operate out of our embassies around the world

high heels

special branch do the investigating

ERU do riot control and armed suport

CAB go after organised crime

Its usually a group assigned to a task be it west Dublin gangs, IRA and Limerick.. We don't really need a international spy network we would mostly use UK and USA intelligence.

Ruu_Old

Charlie Bird.

karlog

Pygmalion wrote: »

If someone posts the correct answer how long can they expect to wait for the knock on the door?

You'd probably get flashed from one of those memory eraser thingy's by two men in black.

marcsignal

nobody knows....apparently

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/editorial/theyre-secret-all-right-1295522.html

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ejmaztec

I think I saw one years ago, after leaving a country pub late one night in the middle of nowhere in Kerry "bandit-country". I caught sight of some ninja guy up a telegraph pole. He was either a spook or he was building a nest. He certainly wasn't a telephone engineer.:eek:

Proxy

Fairly sure it's just Special Branch, whose members (like the Criminal Assets Bureau) are confidential. One man I knew who worked for the CAB told most people he was an civil service accountant.

The armed response and armed escort services are the Special Detective Unit, both plain clothes and uniformed. That would be the closest to our Secret Service.

Mike 1972

During WW2 they were known as G2

Original Steyr

They are called G2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G2_(Republic_of_Ireland)

Poccington

On the military side of things, it'd be G2.

On the policing side of things, I'd imagine it's the SDU.

http://www.fas.org/irp/world/ireland/index.html

Ireland: Intelligence
The Irish Intelligence Services are comprised of the following:
Two dedicated units are within the Irish Defence Forces - Óglaigh na h-Éireann.


1. The G-2 Military Intelligence Branch of the Irish Defence Forces Military Intelligence. The most secretive unit, it is known to have a liaison relationship with Britain's SIS and MI5 and the United States' FBI and CIA.
2. The Army Ranger Wing. This Unit is officially designated 'Sciathán Fianóglach an Airm'. The missions of this unit are multiple, including long range patrolling, training of other units, VIP security, anti-hijacking, hostage rescue, and counterterrorism (CT). These duties, specifically as they related to CT, are considered supplemental to Ireland's primary response unit, the Garda Siochana.


An Garda Siochana. This is Ireland's National Police Service which has primary responsibility for law and order, including the protection of the internal security of the State.
The Deputy Commissioner of Operations is responsible for the following units:

Special Services
Security & Intelligence
Special Branch C3 Section (dealing with terrorism and subversion)

Sources and Resources
Thanks to Aleksey Shcherbakov

As reported by someone with a russian sounding name

A bit more indo here http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl099/nsnl99ie.html

tech77

caseyann wrote: »

What is the equivalent for them here in Ireland?
Is there one and have you ever seen them or suspected you have?

Well, the fact you've never heard of the Irish equivalent just shows how good they really are.
^At least i'd imagine that'd be the Irish spin on it.

Kirnsy

Trent

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bonerm

caseyann wrote: »

What is the equivalent for them here in Ireland?

women.

recylingbin

The Saw Doctors.

MaybeLogic

G2 is Army Intelligence.
C3 is Police Intelligence.

bonerm

bonerm wrote: »

women.

While they're getting the messages

Mrmoe

MaybeLogic wrote: »

G2 is Army Intelligence.
C3 is Police Intelligence.

You sunk my battleship!

brummytom

The song Weile Waile mentions "2 policeman and a special branch man". So yeah, I'd guess that's the secret service. Old folk songs are my source of knowledge for most things :P

PirateShampoo

Charlie Bird.

Third_Echelon

I thought they were know as "Macra na Feirme"???

df1985

irish mammy's (they find out everything)

with general joe duffy as their leader.

Capt'n Midnight

I could tell you but, guess what ?

Biggins

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

I could tell you but, guess what ?

I was going to say something too but thought better of it.
I know nothing. I really know nothing.

m@cc@

MaybeLogic wrote: »

G2 is Army Intelligence.
C3 is Police Intelligence.

Who are G4 then?

brummytom

m@cc@ wrote: »

Who are G4 then?

Ah God, I'd forgotten about that fucking boyband

Biggins

brummytom wrote: »

Ah God, I'd forgotten about that fucking boyband

I wouldn't worry - they can't be any worse than Boyzone/Westlife!

OutlawPete

M.O.D.S

Shady lot, they like their topics to be shaken, not stirred.

brendansmith

m@cc@ wrote: »

Who are G3 then?

phill106

m@cc@ wrote: »

Who are G4 then?

never mind thats, who is g1 and c2? g1 = gardai? c2=?

davyjose

caseyann wrote: »

What is the equivalent for them here in Ireland?
Is there one and have you ever seen them or suspected you have?

You've named three different, unrelated departments here. The FBI are a federal investigation agency and an internal intelligence ageny for the US.

The CIA are an International Intelligence agency for the US,

And an M15 is a type of gun.

Which do you want the Irish version of?

davyjose

davyjose wrote: »

And an M15 is a type of gun.

Which do you want the Irish version of?

No it isn't, it's a pathetic motorway

brummytom

Biggins wrote: »

I wouldn't worry - they can't be any worse than Boyzone/Westlife!

They did Opera.. that's worse :pac:

We used to have a gang in Birmingham called G4.. they were a massive gang, one of the most murderous and violent group of thugs around. They had to change their name after the boyband turned up :pac:

Darksaga87

Allied Atheist Alliance.

m@cc@

davyjose wrote: »

You've named three different, unrelated departments here. The FBI are a federal investigation agency and an internal intelligence ageny for the US.

The CIA are an International Intelligence agency for the US,

And an M15 is a type of gun.

Which do you want the Irish version of?

Yawn, pedant. Most people have gathered that the OP is referring to a secret government intelligence agency.

caseyann

davyjose wrote: »

You've named three different, unrelated departments here. The FBI are a federal investigation agency and an internal intelligence ageny for the US.

The CIA are an International Intelligence agency for the US,

And an M15 is a type of gun.

Which do you want the Irish version of?

First person to notice that I did however mean MI5 lol just a slip of thought for a second:o And if you refer to m @cc@ post has got idea what i mean.
Like what they call the presidents bodyguards our national agency to counter act terrorists or plots against the nation etc.... etc....

m@cc@ wrote: »

Yawn, pedant. Most people have gathered that the OP is referring to a secret government intelligence agency.

Thanks