Liveline thread 28/09/16 to date

An Claidheamh

A lot of posh people today.

ButtersSuki

My Garda story?

Rang Finglas Garda station one night (after midnight) to tell them there was a car driving THE WRONG WAY on the M50 heading towards the airport.

The response?
"Ah shure he'll be off it by the time we can send a car out"


True story.

misslemon

Del.Monte wrote: »

Given that there's already feck all Gardai on the streets ....:rolleyes:

True, but people act like there'll be no one there. I think probationers and trainees are absolved from striking too.

bigroad

Going back a few years a well to do family would have a Guard,priest ,school teacher in the family.

misslemon

ButtersSuki wrote: »

My Garda story?

Rang Finglas Garda station one night (after midnight) to tell them there was a car driving THE WRONG WAY on the M50 heading towards the airport.

The response?
"Ah shure he'll be off it by the time we can send a car out"

True story.

I've also had a bad experience with that station.

ebbsy

BOORGLED

0127647

they are drunks

Dan Jaman

Yes; "pisshead" is much better.

ButtersSuki

bigroad wrote: »

Going back a few years a well to do family would have a Guard,priest ,school teacher in the family.

A bully, a Paedo and a school teacher so to speak...

Roger_007

Soooo..drunks have been abolished?
Yay!

2smiggy

i don't remember mass panic and rioting on the streets the day of the 'blue flu' ? mass hysteria being drummed up again. Where I live whether they are working or not would make little difference if members of a certain ethnic group decided to rob us.

ButtersSuki

misslemon wrote: »

I've also had a bad experience with that station.

Tell us more caller.

Living Off The Splash

Guys pissed in O'Connell Street on a Friday night are drunks.

0127647

0127647 wrote: »

defending us?

I walk through Dublin city centre every day and its a cesspit with not a guard in sight

they are useless

I have to say I've had the opposite experience. Have been burgled, had my bike stolen and randomly punched on the street, and AGS were incredibly helpful.

I've a good friend who's a garda, and he has some nuts anecdotes of being abused, spat at, attacked, and being eviscerated and ridiculed in courts by members of the legal profession when trying to do his job fairly and honestly. He's gotten himself a good education and more importantly, is intelligent. They are incredibly badly paid for the rubbish they put up with.

Del.Monte

misslemon wrote: »

True, but people act like there'll be no one there. I think probationers and trainees are absolved from striking too.

That's about three hundred trainees.

Atlantic Dawn

A man bashing ad from Cash & Carry Kitchens, fooking disgrace.

Fujitsu10

ButtersSuki wrote: »

My Garda story?

Rang Finglas Garda station one night (after midnight) to tell them there was a car driving THE WRONG WAY on the M50 heading towards the airport.

The response?
"Ah shure he'll be off it by the time we can send a car out"


True story.

Hopefully not after wiping out some innocent family :mad:

2smiggy

ButtersSuki wrote: »

My Garda story?

Rang Finglas Garda station one night (after midnight) to tell them there was a car driving THE WRONG WAY on the M50 heading towards the airport.

The response?
"Ah shure he'll be off it by the time we can send a car out"


True story.

was probably just Jim McDaid

An Claidheamh

0127647 wrote: »

defending us?

I walk through Dublin city centre every day and its a cesspit with not a guard in sight

they are useless

They don't defend me or anyone I know.

Must be a generational thing, because I never hear people under an elderly age actually having confidence in Gardai.

In fact, I read today on the journal that they are not putting all reports of crimes into the Pulse system to make crime look low.

Sickening. They are resistant to change.

Atlantic Dawn

Will it mean no closing times adhered to in the boozers on those strike evenings?

Dan Jaman

The search for the dead man's past continues... Join us tomorrow for the next enthralling episode.

ButtersSuki

Fujitsu10 wrote: »

Hopefully not after wiping out some innocent family :mad:

Guaranteed if I rang in with that story Duffy would turn that on me and accuse me of making it up, lying etc.

Obviously alarms in RTÉ would be ringing if my number flashed up on the screens so I'd never get through....but I can dream.

Living Off The Splash

Where's The Yew today?

misslemon

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Tell us more caller.

I work with...unwell people. I was assisting at a funeral where someone was trying to abduct a child who was in the care of the state. Some other unwell (and "known to the Gardai" /violent) people said they'd kill me if I continued to try and stop them.

Rang Finglas Garda Station who said they couldn't send anyone but not to worry because they could see us on CCTV. But not to worry - they'd do something if the child actually was abducted.

Absolutely true.

An Claidheamh

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I have to say I've had the opposite experience. Have been burgled, had my bike stolen and randomly punched on the street, and AGS were incredibly helpful.

I've a good friend who's a garda, and he has some nuts anecdotes of being abused, spat at, attacked, and being eviscerated and ridiculed in courts by members of the legal profession when trying to do his job fairly and honestly. He's a well educated guy with a good education and more importantly, high intelligence. They are incredibly badly paid for the rubbish they put up with.

Why don't they protest about the legal system then?

The ordinary gardai choose their useless corrupt top brass over the people and expect us to thank them.

Del.Monte

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I have to say I've had the opposite experience. Have been burgled, had my bike stolen and randomly punched on the street, and AGS were incredibly helpful.

I've a good friend who's a garda, and he has some nuts anecdotes of being abused, spat at, attacked, and being eviscerated and ridiculed in courts by members of the legal profession when trying to do his job fairly and honestly. He's a well educated guy with a good education and more importantly, high intelligence. They are incredibly badly paid for the rubbish they put up with.

My experiences with the Gardai down the years has been fine - from a bedside manner point of view - but as regards to dealing with problems they have been utterly useless. How many times do you hear on the radio that the guards couldn't do enough and were great when they came out to my house/farm etc. but still failed to do anything.

ButtersSuki

Living Off The Splash wrote: »

Where's The Yew today?

De show has 3 producers. That's a 2 day week for two of them and 1 day for de turd so to speak and day do be rotaytin' de days off so day don't get tyred.

misslemon

Del.Monte wrote: »

That's about three hundred trainees.

And a couple of thousand AGSI members. True. They won't be able to do much. But it won't be The Purge.

somesoldiers

misslemon wrote: »

I work with...unwell people. I was assisting at a funeral where someone was trying to abduct a child who was in the care of the state. Some other unwell (and "known to the Gardai" /violent) people said they'd kill me if I continued to try and stop them.

Rang Finglas Garda Station who said they couldn't send anyone but not to worry because they could see us on CCTV. But not to worry - they'd do something if the child actually was abducted.

Absolutely true.

hope you got a good few bob for the funeral- everyone else seems to!

An Claidheamh

BTW Pat Kenny made a good point this morning.

Why don't the frontline gardai get their pay restored and not the backsters in the office.

But would the Union want that? Of course not.