guarda escort for GAA star

lifeandtimes

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/garda-escort-brought-college-gaa-star-100km-so-he-could-play-in-two-matches-on-one-day-36618446.html

Glad to see the strained gardai resources being put to good use

Are Am Eye

Maybe this is part of the new National Transport Strategy.
The Bullet Patrol Car - Galway to Dublin.

Unfortunately it's a limited service as to how many can fit in the back of a Hyundai. Fare can be paid in cash or donuts.

farmchoice

in fairness I've seen that lad play and he is very good.

cursai

At least they weren't going too fast sure. lol. I'm not a GAA person but plenty of drunk priests and drunks in general are given lifts in those patrol cars every night of the week. Let them off.

Bob Harris

farmchoice wrote: »

in fairness I've seen that lad play and he is very good.

In fairness wtf has that to do with anything?

diomed

Listen, shure, its our national game.

georgina toadbum

I'd guess the OP supports the team that lost.

Panthro

I presumed it was a story of a few GAA stars with an escort who is dressed as a cop.
Well how wrong I was!

This is an outrage.
Baahhh

Mr. Incognito

It's a Sunday. It's the GAA

Get over yourselves.

farmchoice

Bob Harris wrote: »

In fairness wtf has that to do with anything?

what? wtf are you talking about? he is a good player he would be addition to any club/college team, obviously if he was no good or even average this would be a disgrace, but he is good, in fairness he's very good.

Skylinehead

georgina toadbum wrote: »

I'd guess the OP supports the team that lost.

The footballer in question lost.

diomed

Would they not use the Garda helicopter?
Stop play in Tullamore, land the helicopter, take off, stop play in Santry, land the helicopter.

biko

Meh, you're just angry you lost the match :P

georgina toadbum

Skylinehead wrote: »

The footballer in question lost.

Maybe they are blaming him for the loss

cursai

farmchoice wrote: »

what? wtf are you talking about? he is a good player he would be addition to any club/college team, obviously if he was no good or even average this would be a disgrace, but he is good, in fairness he's very good.

Did he really need a Garda escort though? Is it a good use of already stretched resources?

cursai

Maybe he was being harassed by the Jobstown 5 scrotes?

Duckworth_Luas

The cops should be out looking for real criminals.

Like that bollocks who reffed the Meath U17B hurlers off the pitch last week against Wicklow.

topper75

A pair of cops in Alabama helped me get to the Greyhound station on time for my bus back to Jacksonville.

Good ole boys, God bless them. Athnaíonn southerner southerner eile.

padd b1975

Gombeenry at its finest.

Totally indefensible.

andekwarhola

I though a GAA lad getting a quick ride from Coppers was par for the course?

steddyeddy

Well it's simple. Next time they moan about lack of resources bring up this. Then they'll have a handy way to get more resources by reducing crap like this.

Gatling

Rediculous .

Hector Bellend

He's doing it for the parish

Nettle Soup

I have absolutely no problem with it whatsoever.

Quit your moaning.

Beechwoodspark

Surprised the Garda copter wasn’t called into action

diomed

garda escort for GAA star

Anyone else disappoint the story did not feature female garda?

whisky_galore

Ah shur lookit, plays the gaa and comes from a well-respected family. Handy when you're stopped at a checkpoint as well...

BrianBoru00

Its the indo so I'm assuming they were unable to punctuate and it should have read "in a garda's car'. I call bull**** - no source and no confirmation.


more likely that an off duty member of Corofin drove him up

Your Face

Stupid scheduling.

lifeandtimes

BrianBoru00 wrote: »

Its the indo so I'm assuming they were unable to punctuate and it should have read "in a garda's car'. I call bull**** - no source and no confirmation.


more likely that an off duty member of Corofin drove him up

They'll have to retract and apologise if they camt provide a source to confirm

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

BrianBoru00 wrote: »

Its the indo so I'm assuming they were unable to punctuate and it should have read "in a garda's car'. I call bull**** - no source and no confirmation.


more likely that an off duty member of Corofin drove him up

If it was a Garda car it's irrelevant whether the Garda was on duty or not. Garda cars are obviously not meant to be used by off duty Gardaí.

That being said I don't really have a problem with it. This article smacks of pettiness to be perfectly honest. It's not a big deal whatsoever.

buckwheat

My polite indignation know no bounds :mad:

Motivator

Any Huberman got an escort to Punchestown a few years ago because she was late to judge the best dressed lady competition. I’ve no problem with someone who’s justifying their existence on the planet getting an escort to something worthwhile like a match.

Any Huberman getting one to the races because she can’t get her square head there on time is a far, far worse use or misuse of resources.

goose2005

Tullamore's finest taxi service

ChikiChiki

Absolutely ridiculous waste of already tight resources. Beyond idiotic.

washman3

No harm done at all. Delighted that the player got to play both games. I say well done to everyone involved. TBF, how often would this ever happen.
Great to see the usual GAA haters out in force...;)

Noveight

I don't support it, but in the grand scale of Garda fúck ups this one comes in somewhere close enough to the bottom.

Slightly less annoying than Huberman getting one.

kellsred

Noveight wrote: »

I don't support it, but in the grand scale of Garda fúck ups this one comes in somewhere close enough to the bottom.

Slightly less annoying than Huberman getting one.

I'd give Huberman one

ChikiChiki

washman3 wrote: »

No harm done at all. Delighted that the player got to play both games. I say well done to everyone involved. TBF, how often would this ever happen.
Great to see the usual GAA haters out in force...;)

I love the GAA and played it all my life winning championships on the way but I can't fathom how wreckless this was. What if there was a serious RTA elsewhere and ambulance cover was used up. The guards would need to be fully engaged.

We are never going to be a serious country and its f**k up after f**k up. People defending instances like this just show why the mayhem will never end.

Nothing against the player but the decisioning of the guards is ridiculous.

BillyBobBS

Nothing surprises me when it comes to GAA tbh. It's a game in which players can carry out vicious criminal assaults on other players within the field of play that would see you arrested and in court on the street. "But ah sure it's just some good old boys having a match" seems to the national attitude to it.

elefant

BillyBobBS wrote: »

Nothing surprises me when it comes to GAA tbh. It's a game in which players can carry out vicious criminal assaults on other players within the field of play that would see you arrested and in court on the street. "But ah sure it's just some good old boys having a match" seems to the national attitude to it.

Is 'contact sport' a new concept to you?

Pintman Paddy Losty

Well done to the guards. Great to promote the national sport and help out a talented young player.

Not surprised the nerds around here are upset but that's par for the course here.

Jack Kanoff

topper75 wrote: »

A pair of cops in Alabama helped me get to the Greyhound station on time for my bus back to Jacksonville.

Good ole boys, God bless them. Athnaíonn southerner southerner eile.

Louisiana.. Geaux Tigers!!

topper75

Jack Kanoff wrote: »

Louisiana.. Geaux Tigers!!

No twas Mobile AL to Jacksonville FL.

I was counting on getting a taxi from hotel but there were none available in that district of Mobile the morning I was leaving. Too far to walk and clock was applying pressure. The girl I was with had more assertiveness than I and just straight out knocked on a cop car window and told them of our plight. Irish accent charmed them. They drove us at pace out to the station at the edge of town, no siren though. We foolishly offered a $20 as thanks but they freaked and drove away. Got some looks off the other passengers assembled outside the station. Should have made some donation to their benevolent fund or something. Sound pair.

razorblunt

Well after the last Garda and "escort" shenanigans I'm glad it was just a glorified car pool.

whisky_galore

What next, a Garda escort so a prize winning bull can make two livestock judging contests?

Feisar

I pulled a Garda in Coppers one night and by the time we got outside there was an unmarked car waiting for us. So you could say I got a Garda escort for a Garda escort!