Is there an Irish Secret Service?

franktheplank

(and where do I join?)

Sound of Silence

Well, that's a secret.

Kylo Ren

Yes but it's a secret.

Local-womanizer

There is, you won't find out a thing about though.

Wacker The Attacker

There is. I cant tell you about it.

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squod

Send me €50. I'll send you on the details........

Sugar Free

Came up before, there is supposedly a G-2 section of the PDF, if wiki is to be believed.

Pottler

Biggins is the Irish M, but don't tell anyone.

coonecb1

Guess who just watched James Bond

Wing126

If there isn't, there should be and it should be entirely composed of mammies. They'd find everything out in a week...
"Did ya hear about North Korea? They've only gone and set up a new nuclear launch base!!"

kirving

They wanted to call it "The ISS", but that name was taken by a space station, so they went for the next option on the list "G-2"

franktheplank

coonecb1 wrote: »

Guess who just watched James Bond

James Who?

IvySlayer

Secret Service isn't about foreign intelligence though? Protection of the President and the Vice President and their families and some high ranking staff in the White House/Congress.

Wacker The Attacker

Pottler wrote: »

Biggins is the Irish M, but don't tell anyone.

More like the sexy m.f

TeddyTedson

Of course not. This country struggles at the most basic of services.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Sugar Free wrote: »

Came up before, there is supposedly a G-2 section of the PDF, if wiki is to be believed.

No such thing.

donvito99

Ye I think it's called G7 or something.

They organise and maintain outstations - the Irish pub - in every town and hamlet in every corner of the globe.

It rivals the CIA, MI6, KGB.

Pottler

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Of course not. This country struggles at the most basic of services.

Due to cutbacks, they've had to eliminate the Service, and just keep the Secret. Mammie O'Rourke keeps it in her apron. They were officially known as the "Special Police Assignment Service", but someone eventually noticed what that spelt so they changed it double quick to the "General Investigative Intelligence and Technical Service".

Rayne Wooney

There is, and they're called the Special Gardaí

Orim

No there isn't.

The gardaí handle the role of the Secret Service.

franktheplank

Orim wrote: »

No there isn't.

The gardaí handle the role of the Secret Service.

So there's an intelligence branch of the Gardai?

Stheno

franktheplank wrote: »

So there's an intelligence branch of the Gardai?

Yes. Several.

jill_valentine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garda_National_Surveillance_Unit

deblacker

Wasn't there an Irish intelligence/secret service listening to German signals in WW2?, I know we're neutral n'all but just for the crack

tedobrien98

Of course there is!!

Séamus Ó Bondála and the lads...

franktheplank

So where does the Garda intelligence crowd recruit, do you have to be garda first? They probably don't recruit from the general public do they?

fasttalkerchat

franktheplank wrote: »

So there's an intelligence branch of the Gardai?

There is, however the position is yet to be filled.

Stheno

franktheplank wrote: »

So where does the Garda intelligence crowd recruit, do you have to be garda first? They probably don't recruit from the general public do they?

You'd join the gardai and then if an opportunity came up you could apply

B.A._Baracus

There actually is.
Nothing compared to the likes of the CIA or others. But we do have one.

Orim

franktheplank wrote: »

So there's an intelligence branch of the Gardai?

I would presume there is multiple sections of the gardaí dealing in intelligence.

However, my first thought when you say Secret Service is the American Secret Service, which handles fianacial crimes and the protection detail for high ranking members of the government and foreign diplomats.

Both of which are handled by the gardaí afaik.

Pottler

franktheplank wrote: »

So where does the Garda intelligence crowd recruit, do you have to be garda first? They probably don't recruit from the general public do they?

Just get really good at jumping off stuff, driving insanly fast and shooting guns in crowded places, the Guards will fall over themselves to bring you into their fold. Guaranteed to get their attention. Best of luck with the mission;)