Garda escort down the canal past 2 evenings

adocholiday

Serious Garda escort of 6 bikes, a Garda SUV, then an Audi Q7 and a BMW X5 both with blue lights followed by an empty mini bus down the Canal from Ranelagh to Leeson St. Bridge the past 2 evenings. Anyone know what that's about? Never seen one like it before

Celly Smunt

There's always escorts down the canal, all the way down as far as blackhorse. Could be somebody on their way to baldonnell from town.

gaiscioch

I felt like such an honoured equal citizen of our republic on the three occasions a garda waved me off that particular road to allow another citizen, who's in receipt of a €250k salary with no household expenses, be driven past. Our very own royalty. Alas.

moc moc a moc

Celly Smunt wrote: »

There's always escorts down the canal

Especially around the Leeson St / Baggot St end

"Are ye lookin' fer bizness..."

The boarder

I was in the park this morning at 830 and that same convoy came out the chapelizod exit

ToxicPaddy

Is it something to do with the American ambassador?

I remember seeing his convoy a few years back and apparently it was some US VIP who was staying in the Ambassadors residence in the Phoenix park heading to the embassy in Ballsbridge with the full cards escort, outriders stopping traffic, the works.

Reggie.

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Is it something to do with the American ambassador?

I remember seeing his convoy a few years back and apparently it was some US VIP who was staying in the Ambassadors residence in the Phoenix park heading to the embassy in Ballsbridge with the full cards escort, outriders stopping traffic, the works.

yeah its an American Military VIP

BeerNut

Presumably the same person who visited the Jameson museum this afternoon. Full-on convoy and six Garda bikes hanging around Bow Street.

tricky D

Chocolate biscuit for the 1st person to guess right. Work the puzzle out.

fleet_admiral

Trump?

Joe Biden?

Big Bird?

Reggie.

tricky D wrote: »

Chocolate biscuit for the 1st person to guess right. Work the puzzle out.

I told ya who it was. I'm just not going to say exactly who it is.

Peregrine

Saw it on Merrion Square earlier. It was from a distsnce so these may be wrong. Garda TC Landcruiser, black Audi Q7 and BMW X5(?), a grey BMW 5 Series, some American SUV, a media bus and 6 Garda outriders.

Eugene Norman

Reggie. wrote: »

I told ya who it was. I'm just not going to say exactly who it is.

Is it illegal to even speculate?

Mantis Toboggan

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Is it illegal to even speculate?

FBI have been known to monitor this site daily. Even have a few usernames AFAIK.
It's illegal to know who the garda escort was for and to even speculate could be a life sentence.

Rakish Paddy

A motorcade matching that description came tearing down Amiens St. the day before yesterday too.

Reggie.

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Is it illegal to even speculate?

Nope. Just I wont say till the visitor is gone.

OldBean

General Dempsey? Highest ranking officer in the US afaik.

If so, they've posted it on their social media.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Dempsey

dball

would it be the new rose of tralee?

Mesrine65

They're staying in the Conrad Hilton on Earlsfort Terrace

Sham Squire

Saw it go over Leeson St. bridge yesterday evening. This is not something that "always" happens around there. I drive that route daily, weekly, and have been for over a year. First time I've seen an escort like that was yesterday. Small grey mini bus. Be curious to know who the gardai think it's ok to courier through rush hour traffic at our expense? Could they not plan the journeys to cause the least disruption, or are we not worthy of consideration when it comes to the powerful people?

cgcsb

Does the department of defense have to apply to Dublin City Council to do this?
Surely if you need permission to close a section of the public path/road for essential works then you also need one to close off the public path/road for precious guests?

athtrasna

cgcsb wrote: »

Does the department of defense have to apply to Dublin City Council to do this?
Surely if you need permission to close a section of the public path/road for essential works then you also need one to close off the public path/road for precious guests?

Nothing to do with the department of defence. They look after army, navy and air force

BeerNut

Sham Squire wrote: »

Saw it go over Leeson St. bridge yesterday evening. This is not something that "always" happens around there. I drive that route daily, weekly, and have been for over a year.

I see it a few times a year, and I've been crossing the canal every day for 15 of them

January

cgcsb wrote: »

Does the department of defense have to apply to Dublin City Council to do this?
Surely if you need permission to close a section of the public path/road for essential works then you also need one to close off the public path/road for precious guests?

There's a difference between road works and a rolling roadblock.

Miguel_Sanchez

Mesrine65 wrote: »

They're staying in the Conrad Hilton on Earlsfort Terrace

Is the two lads from It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia who I saw photos of on Grafton Street the other day?

It's got to be them, right?

frozenfrozen

2pac

cgcsb

January wrote: »

There's a difference between road works and a rolling roadblock.

Indeed, which is more severe? I think both should be regulated by the local authority. If it's an emergency then fine, but superstar foreign politicians and their Irish counterparts trying to impress them, should be left wait in traffic with everyone else.

jd

athtrasna wrote: »

navy and air force

ahem, naval service and air corp

arybvtcw0eolkf

jd wrote: »

ahem, naval service and air corp

ahem, Air Corps

FloatingVoter

Miracle Billions Pawnbroker wrote: »

ahem, Air Corps

Air Korps......dammit, that means Superman is in town. He'll be disguised as Clark Kent therefore the ground based limo thing. But you'd never know when he'll get the urge, therefore the eye in the sky routine. Clever use of the taxpayers money, Enda.

moc moc a moc

Reggie. wrote: »

Nope. Just I wont say till the visitor is gone.

If you say who it was after they are gone I will report you to the authorities.

Reggie.

moc moc a moc wrote: »

If you say who it was after they are gone I will report you to the authorities.

I'm allowed to say it then

ProudDUB

I saw it yesterday. Was leaving the Phoenix Park @ Parkgate St, waiting to turn up Infirmary Road & had to wait for the cavalcade to go thru first...serious set up...about 6-8 motorbikes, then a couple of Garda Traffic Corp SUV's, then 2 big shiny black Range Rover type cars, then the grey mini bus (full of Secret Service peeps maybe?) and then a few more Guards on motorbikes, bringing up the rear.

Initially, I thought it was some Nidge type character getting an escort to the Criminal Feck All Justice Building, which is just there on the corner of Infirmary Rd. Then I remembered that the US Ambassador tweeted that yer man (the head of the Joint Chiefs) was in town and paying him a visit, so I presumed it was him. Very impressive watching it go by in fairness. Be great to get an escort like that, everywhere you go 'wha?

Surprised to hear he stayed in a bog standard hotel in town. Woulda thought that someone that important, would stay somewhere more secure, or somewhere that could be cordoned off and guarded better, like Farmleigh or the US Embassy itself.

SMJSF

I dunno if this has any relevance, but at around 11am, there were at least 30 gardai on O'Connell Street, and a hell of a lot of photographers out from Parnell square to Trinity.... Does anyone know what that was about?

whiskeyman

SMJSF wrote: »

there were at least 30 gardai on O'Connell Street, ?

Lux23

ProudDUB wrote: »

Surprised to hear he stayed in a bog standard hotel in town. Woulda thought that someone that important, would stay somewhere more secure, or somewhere that could be cordoned off and guarded better, like Farmleigh or the US Embassy itself.

The Conrad are very well set up for security, you can block book a whole floor and have security guys on the service and guest lifts. It's not easy to wander around it like you can in some hotels, people will stop you and then you have easy access to government buildings and embassies.

HamsterFace

Lux23 wrote: »

The Conrad are very well set up for security, you can block book a whole floor and have security guys on the service and guest lifts. It's not easy to wander around it like you can in some hotels, people will stop you and then you have easy access to government buildings and embassies.

I was there for a meeting during the week and did notice a garda posted on the door which I wondered about at the time,

So who is it? Blair's or Bushes or wha' ?

Cianos

We're right on Harold's Cross bridge and I see this type of escort going down the canal every 2-3 weeks or so.

HamsterFace

Cianos wrote: »

We're right on Harold's Cross bridge and I see this type of escort going down the canal every 2-3 weeks or so.

That could also, and quite likely is, currency being sent to Cathal brugha barracks

HamsterFace

HamsterFace wrote: »

That could also, and quite likely is, currency being sent to Cathal brugha barracks

Nope, that would be the EOD team.

HamsterFace

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Nope, that would be the EOD team.

EOD?

Dyr

whiskeyman wrote: »

What are the donuts like in there these days?

Reggie.

HamsterFace wrote: »

EOD?

Explosive ordnance disposal. ....... the bomb squad

harry Bailey esq

dball wrote: »

would it be the new rose of tralee?

Sounds plausible to me,Although I did hear something on the wireless about similar going down the M50 this afternoon,a lot of people reckon it was just a large cash delivery

Naos

Seen two, what looked like Army choppers, doing circles over the Ashtown area today - any idea what that was?

HamsterFace

Could it be anything to do with the increasing UFO activity over the wicklow mountains?

FloatingVoter

HamsterFace wrote: »

Could it be anything to do with the increasing UFO activity over the wicklow mountains?

Nah, with the weather we're getting any space aliens would be heading for the Med. Unless they were out of petrol.

expectationlost

martin dempsey the chairman of the joint chief of staff of the us military https://twitter.com/USEmbassyDublin/status/633774003497345024