English resident commiting offence in ireland?

pkjnr

So,ive done search and come up with very little and also sifted through the stickies..

What is the gardai's approach to english residents coming to ireland and commiting a relatively minor offence,such as threatening and abusive/violent behavior on a weekend stay here?

Pat Mustard

pkjnr wrote: »

So,ive done search and come up with very little and also sifted through the stickies..

What is the gardai's approach to english residents coming to ireland and commiting a relatively minor offence,such as threatening and abusive/violent behavior on a weekend stay here?

They are likely to prosecute them like anybody else.

ThreeLineWhip

More likely to dispose of them via cautions if minor offences.

Conor84

I had a cousin over here on a stag weekend and he got into an argument over a girl in a pub, threw a punch and got put out and there was a Garda outside who spoke with him. He took his details, found out where he was staying, said he would be looking at the CCTV. He told my cousin to come to the station the next afternoon (the day he was going back - late in the evening) and held on to his passport that he had shown the Garda for ID. My cousin and his mate went back to the station the next day - he had to to get his passport - and met the Guard. He said he was sound enough and spoke to him about what happened and said that as it was a first offence he would be entitled to an adult caution and that would be it. So he met the Sergeant who gave him a caution and got his passport back and that was it.

If it is minor most resident Irish people would get a caution too. Most English people shouldn't have any record over here so the same would reply to them.

Procrastastudy

Conor84 wrote: »

I had a cousin over here on a stag weekend and he got into an argument over a girl in a pub, threw a punch and got put out and there was a Garda outside who spoke with him. He took his details, found out where he was staying, said he would be looking at the CCTV. He told my cousin to come to the station the next afternoon (the day he was going back - late in the evening) and held on to his passport that he had shown the Garda for ID. My cousin and his mate went back to the station the next day - he had to to get his passport - and met the Guard. He said he was sound enough and spoke to him about what happened and said that as it was a first offence he would be entitled to an adult caution and that would be it. So he met the Sergeant who gave him a caution and got his passport back and that was it.

If it is minor most resident Irish people would get a caution too. Most English people shouldn't have any record over here so the same would reply to them.

Curios as to the legalities of the guard holding on to the passport? Granted the other option may have been a night at hotel garda station.

eoinkildare

If the Gardai believe that you will flee the jurisdiction they are entitled to arrest you and hold you until the next court sitting, IE monday morning in Dublin. The case would then be disposed of in whatever manner the judge sees fit.
There is no power to hold a person's passport unless ordered to do so by a Judge as part of bail conditions.

Having said all of that, the Gardai would usually be less inclined to arrest and charge you if they thought that the offence was minor in nature and you were fecking off home the next day.