guards looking for potential terrorits in D1

Fuinseog

Have they knocked on your door yet? I saw them going around last night looking for people who might not appreciate the queen.I wonder what kind of questions they are asking.

Paulyh

I work in an office on O'Connell St. they called in about 2 weeks ago and took all our details, names, addresses, phone numbers. They said our first floor office would be a perfect snipers view to take out the queen. If we had a dubious past we might be asked not to come into work that day

Fuinseog

Paulyh wrote: »

I work in an office on O'Connell St. they called in about 2 weeks ago and took all our details, names, addresses, phone numbers. They said our first floor office would be a perfect snipers view to take out the queen. If we had a dubious past we might be asked not to come into work that day

I dare ya to get an airsoft Ak47 and bring it in on the day. I wonder will the Dublin Supporters Club in Parnell street be closed on the day. the guards won't be putting up with any messing on the day.

stephendevlin

Gardai in D1 have arrested 3 of 4 well known Islamic
terrorists: Bin Snortin. Bin Dealin and Bin Thievin. there was no sign of Bin Workin.:D

chin_grin

Saw a guard just standing eyeing up people on Harrington Street. He was talking away to someone and then just started messing around on his iPhone.

hXci

They called twice over the weekend when I wasn't home, eventually got me yesterday. Needed name, DOB and mobile phone number of everyone living in the gaff, a contact number for the landlord, whether we had roof access or not and what our windows looked out onto! AGS have to do this with EVERY apartment looking out onto the Quays, mad stuff.

Also said the information would be destroyed directly after the visit "if nothing happens." I reckon they're expecting someone to have a go...

Ginny

I'm assuming the garda going around looking down the drains and shores and then marking them with yellow spray paint is down to the Queens visit or Obamas?

caseyann

Fuinseog wrote: »

I dare ya to get an airsoft Ak47 and bring it in on the day. I wonder will the Dublin Supporters Club in Parnell street be closed on the day. the guards won't be putting up with any messing on the day.

Be ready for knock on door after that comment

stinkle

hXci wrote: »

They called twice over the weekend when I wasn't home, eventually got me yesterday. Needed name, DOB and mobile phone number of everyone living in the gaff, a contact number for the landlord, whether we had roof access or not and what our windows looked out onto! AGS have to do this with EVERY apartment looking out onto the Quays, mad stuff.

Same here, they were at the sewer covers outside my building last week and yesterday outside TCD I saw a Garda sealing up the ones there too. Also saw a lot of Garda activity around James' St (maybe the queen is fond of a pint) and there's been a bored looking cop stationed outside the park by the Ashling Hotel this past while. The last two might be unrelated though.

I really hope nothing happens during the visit, I'm assuming the huge amount of Garda work I've seen is based on the places she'll specifically visit but also the routes involved between travelling from A to B. That's a lot of area to cover, would helicopter travel not make more sense in this instance in terms of bypassing likely protests (no matter how peaceful they may be, scumbag elements can always gatecrash); and also in terms of facilitating changes to itinerary based on possible security threats/not having to release too much information to the general public in the first place

neil_18_

Does anyone know what roads will be closed when she visits certain places.

I wonder when she goes to Croke Park will Dorset St be closed?
I have exams when shes here and some places shes visiting are on my route to college!

I hope Dublin Bus have a plan to get around it:pac:

FloatingVoter

stinkle wrote: »

Same here, they were at the sewer covers outside my building last week and yesterday outside TCD I saw a Garda sealing up the ones there too. Also saw a lot of Garda activity around James' St (maybe the queen is fond of a pint) and there's been a bored looking cop stationed outside the park by the Ashling Hotel this past while. The last two might be unrelated though.

I really hope nothing happens during the visit, I'm assuming the huge amount of Garda work I've seen is based on the places she'll specifically visit but also the routes involved between travelling from A to B. That's a lot of area to cover, would fall helicopter travel not make more sense in this instance in terms of bypassing likely protests (no matter how peaceful they may be, scumbag elements can always gatecrash); and also in terms of facilitating changes to itinerary based on possible security threats/not having to release too much information to the general public in the first place

Her Majesty is visting both TCD and the Guinness tourist trap on James street while she's here. That explains that. Personally, I'd do a pub crawl of D2 first - then fall asleep over the Book of Kells. Its traditional.:)

hmmm

The Census lady has spent about 2 months trying to get access to people in our apartments what with them all hiding thinking she is the TV license inspector, I don't think the guards quite realise how difficult it will be for them.

admiralofthefleet

i saw the garda sealing drains on beresford walk today

starviewadams

They wanted a list of people who live in my nana's house and they said that they wanted to come in for a quick look around in a week or two,this was last week in Cabra.

Would it not be handier for the queen or Obama to just move across the city by helicopter instead?

PCPhoto

starviewadams wrote: »

They wanted a list of people who live in my nana's house and they said that they wanted to come in for a quick look around in a week or two,this was last week in Cabra.

Would it not be handier for the queen or Obama to just move across the city by helicopter instead?

so she could be killed with an ground to air rocket ? and the people can not be caught.

Seriously ... she's visiting they will try to cause as little disruption as they can - they have increased their numbers on the beat - 24hour patrolling of her route within the city center ....earlier today they searched and sealed lamp-posts along the quays.

PCPhoto

forgot to add pics

FloatingVoter

Did the person taking the photos get taken in for questioning shortly afterwards ? They do a nice breakfast in Pearse Street, though friday night gets noisy.

WhiteRussian

There is a ban on postering around the city centre, in an attempt to clean up the city for the visits of Her Majesty and Obama. This is actually a very exciting time! I can't wait for both of these visits, especially the Queen's 4 day visit. Where would she be staying?

FloatingVoter

More than likely the British Embassy. Nice SAS guys will be performing guided tours.:D

stinkle

I thought the queen would be staying in Farmleigh because of all the activity around the quays as it's a direct route in an out of the city centre. Never thought of the British Embassy! That might be more secure. As for Obama, haven't his plans changed now and he's just making a flying visit?

admiralofthefleet

i saw 2 UN tanks on the back of trucks in rathgar yesterday

Gyalist

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i saw 2 UN tanks on the back of trucks in rathgar yesterday

The army are training in Wicklow for deployment to Lebanon later this month.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

They're also taking details of all working in the IFSC

Fuinseog

hmmm wrote: »

The Census lady has spent about 2 months trying to get access to people in our apartments what with them all hiding thinking she is the TV license inspector, I don't think the guards quite realise how difficult it will be for them.

didn't yer ma never tell you not to open the door to strangers?

a guy wearing a suit and carrying a clipboard could be anyone. Maybe they should have sent uniform.

slinky2000

Seen them this morning taking up drains around Stevens green and having a look.

MikeyCdublin

Forgot to put it up but last week I seen British army jeeps and blacked out bmw 5 series cars with English regs on the back of trucks they headed out to the ndc just beside baldonnel.

hmmm

MikeyCdublin wrote: »

Forgot to put it up but last week I seen British army jeeps and blacked out bmw 5 series cars with English regs on the back of trucks they headed out to the ndc just beside baldonnel.

Maybe we should have this thread locked. It must be hard enough for the guards without us putting the pieces together and making life easier for any potential mentalist who wants a go.

Just sayin' like, don't bite me.

charlemont

Im sure I was in college with that Garda in the photos.

I bet the cops will find some interesting stuff around the area during their visits.

Citygirl1

In the last hour I've just driven through Kilmainham, (near the petrol station) where a large number of Guards in uniform appeared to be searching the area, checking under manhole covers etc. I assumed there must have been a bomb threat or something. Would this all be related to the the queen's visit? Doesn't seem like the best use of their time at 7.30 on a Saturday evening?

kippy

Citygirl1 wrote: »

In the last hour I've just driven through Kilmainham, (near the petrol station) where a large number of Guards in uniform appeared to be searching the area, checking under manhole covers etc. I assumed there must have been a bomb threat or something. Would this all be related to the the queen's visit? Doesn't seem like the best use of their time at 7.30 on a Saturday evening?

They've been at this kinda work for at least the past month or so. All to do with either Freddie Mercury or Obamarama.

df1985

calling into houses round lucan too wanting to know number of occupents,how many cars etc. Theyre checking the n4 too. assuming she must be using casement aerodrome at baldonnel perhaps and coming in from there?

Degsy

Wonder would they do the same for Inda Kinny in London or Washington?

A nation of lickspittles we are.

I mean whats going to happen if the queen and obama dont visit? Are we going to become bankrupt and have to ask europe for an extrortianate loan?

We havnt got a penny to our names and yet we're spending a fortune on security for these two..

**** them both..if they want to visit they should be treated to the real ireland..a shiithole where nobody feels safe.

RMD

Degsy wrote: »

Wonder would they do the same for Inda Kinny in London or Washington?

Considering he's neither a target to dissident Republicans or Islamic terrorists there's not much to protect. Ireland is pretty safe, many other countries I'd put ahead of us in terms of danger.

Yillan

hmmm wrote: »

The Census lady has spent about 2 months trying to get access to people in our apartments what with them all hiding thinking she is the TV license inspector, I don't think the guards quite realise how difficult it will be for them.

Nail on head here.

And if there's people in the buildings not opening the door to guards for fear of the tv license inspector and getting away with it, I don't think nationalist nuts with sniper rifles will be throwing open their doors either

5500

df1985 wrote: »

calling into houses round lucan too wanting to know number of occupents,how many cars etc. Theyre checking the n4 too. assuming she must be using casement aerodrome at baldonnel perhaps and coming in from there?

Most likely is, all the drain covers have been painted and welded shut on the outter ringroad

_blank_

Drove down Gardiner St this morning, from Dorset Street to the Customs House, there were Gardaí opening the manhole covers in the middle of the road and sending divers down.

I'd hate to be a diver going down there

admiralofthefleet

Des wrote: »

Drove down Gardiner St this morning, from Dorset Street to the Customs House, there were Gardaí opening the manhole covers in the middle of the road and sending divers down.

I'd hate to be a diver going down there

i saw them doing the same thing at the VHI building on lower abbey street on friday

wixfjord

O Connell Street is full of gardai today taping fuse boxes and the likes!

dan185

df1985 wrote: »

calling into houses round lucan too wanting to know number of occupents,how many cars etc. Theyre checking the n4 too. assuming she must be using casement aerodrome at baldonnel perhaps and coming in from there?

I assume it'll be Baldonnell too. The road at the penny hill to the N4 (Living here 15 years and haven't a clue what it's called!) has all the drains marked out with that yellow spray paint.

ninjasurfer1

hXci wrote: »

They called twice over the weekend when I wasn't home, eventually got me yesterday. Needed name, DOB and mobile phone number of everyone living in the gaff, a contact number for the landlord, whether we had roof access or not and what our windows looked out onto! AGS have to do this with EVERY apartment looking out onto the Quays, mad stuff.

Also said the information would be destroyed directly after the visit "if nothing happens." I reckon they're expecting someone to have a go...

Not that i have too much against it for obvious security reasons for the visits, but are they entitled to demand (and receive) all of the information above?

Can someone legitimately refuse?

Do they mention how the data is stored, secured and eventually destroyed?

Paparazzo

They called into my apartment twice, it looks over the M50. Wasn't there both times, but they phoned and questioned my wife. They must be doing this with everyone that has a view of the route the queen will be travelling. Mental amount of work going into this by the police, god help the first celtic jersey wearing scumbag that picks up a rock, i'd say there'll be about 10 police on him before the rock leaves his hand

starviewadams

My uncle who works with SDCC was out at 4am on Saturday morning with the Gardai sealing stuff up around Baldonnel and the ring road,and all the road markings have been repainted around here too(Naas Rd/Newlands X area) so I'd reckon she's flying into Baldonnel.

Have been loads of really noisey helicopters flying over here in the last day or two,they weren't the Garda chopper or the Army ones either.

Victor

ninjasurfer1 wrote: »

Not that i have too much against it for obvious security reasons for the visits, but are they entitled to demand (and receive) all of the information above?

Can someone legitimately refuse?

I imagine you can refuse, but if they close a road, you won't have your permit to get home.

Yillan

Are you joking? What's a permit to get home?

Solair

Rogelio Wooden Quest wrote: »

They're also taking details of all working in the IFSC

Are you sure that's not just for the Anglo Inquiry

Victor

Yillan wrote: »

Are you joking? What's a permit to get home?

They may set up (temporary) security zones. Only those with permits will be allowed enter.

Fuinseog

from th Sindo


by JIM CUSACK
Sunday May 08 2011
Dissident republicans are planning to break into the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin city centre the night before Queen Elizabeth arrives in Dublin. It is among a series of protests and actions to try to disrupt her three-day Irish itinerary.

A 24-hour guard has also been placed on the Victoria Monument at Dun Laoghaire Harbour by gardai after threats to blow it up. The monument, built to commemorate the 1900 visit of Queen Victoria, was badly damaged by a bomb during the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strikes, and restored only in 2003.

Garda sources say there is now something approaching panic among middle- and senior-ranking officers given responsibility for protecting the queen. Several experienced gardai last week referred to the royal visit itinerary as "a nightmare".

Compared to the queen's visit, US President Barack Obama's visit, which begins on May 23, is described as being relatively straightforward in logistical and security terms. Gardai are content the risk from Islamist extremists here, even in the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden, is minimal. There may be some protests by leftist groups but these are usually peaceful.

Calls are already going out for mobilisation of protest and other forms of opposition to the royal visit. Last week's edition of the Republican Sinn Fein newspaper, Saoirse, called for protest at the Garden of Remembrance on the opening day of the visit and at all the subsequent 11 venues -- 10 of which have been published in precise detail in the itinerary published by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Buckingham Palace two weeks ago.

The Republican Sinn Fein weekly paper referred to the "Queen of England" and the visit as being "a parade of pomp and imperialism which is being foisted on the people by the same political elite responsible for the economic collapse".

It adds: "Our message will be the same in Dublin, Kildare, Cashel and Cork -- the head of the British state will never be welcome in any part of Ireland as long as that state continues to partition and occupy Ireland."

The Garda Special Branch is being worked into the ground as it attempts to assess the broader threat from dissident supporters, sources say. Their fear is that hordes of young men -- of the same type who carried out the "Love Ulster" riot in 2006 -- will try a re-run of the events, rioting and looting during the queen's two days in Dublin city centre.

The small and splintered dissident terrorist groups -- the Real IRA, the Continuity IRA and a variety of other micro groups -- could cause serious disruption by placing bombs or hoaxes along the queen's quite extensive route which criss-crosses Dublin before travelling to Cork and Cashel, gardai say.

One senior garda source said the extensive travel arrangements in the visit are the result of "naive" thinking. He said that those responsible had been so closely involved in the "peace process" in Northern Ireland that they had been blinded to the threat from republican extremists and the much larger hooligan elements likely to cause trouble during the visit.

Dissidents are under close surveillance. Two senior dissidents from Co Louth were watched as they walked around Trinity College with a camcorder two weeks ago. The queen is due to visit the college to see the Book of Kells after the Garden of Remembrance ceremony. Another Dublin Real IRA figure, who is heavily involved in the drugs trade, sparked some alarm when he went to Dublin Airport and spent three hours apparently sizing both terminals up.

He may have been unaware the queen is flying into Baldonnel Aerodrome and out from Cork Airport.

- JIM CUSACK

gurramok

Seen the Gardai doing the manhole stuff on Lombard St East. Anyone know how long likely the disruption of closed zones will last for? I have to get to and from work cross city like many thousands of others, we need to get home particularly after a hard days work unlike the monarchy.

Fuinseog

Victor wrote: »

They may set up (temporary) security zones. Only those with permits will be allowed enter.

where did u hear this. it would cause chaos. is queenie coming of a morning or afternoon?

RMD

Yillan wrote: »

Are you joking? What's a permit to get home?

Use your head. If they close off a road and don't operate a permit system, all someone has to do is claim to live on the road and they can by-pass the roadblock without any questioning.

Fuinseog

RMD wrote: »

Use your head. If they close off a road and don't operate a permit system, all someone has to do is claim to live on the road and they can by-pass the roadblock without any questioning.

there will be no permit system. if they had wanted to do that they would have had to have distributed the permits a long time ago. it takes several days to catch up with all the residents in a single apartment complex. the lack of cooperation with authorities in this country never ceases to amaze me.

if they close off a road and a car wants to get through they just have to check the reg with their list to see if it belongs to the area.