Gardai losing firearms

tonysopprano

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/02/22/seized-shotgun-obtained-by-criminals-had-been-kept-in-skip-like-garda-container/

We need safes and monitored alarms but they don't need any security

tonysopprano

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/trainee-garda-arrested-for-allegedly-stealing-wallet-from-victim-of-crime-while-taking-statement/ar-AA1z5WTc

tonysopprano

https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2025/0205/1494897-niall-o-connor-garda-court/

otmmyboy2

I am reminded of a song...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H5-IGyGzNtg

The amount of skeletons keeping being found in AGS closet rather belies the whole "a few bad apples in every organisation"…

Uinseann_16

Its a common pattern , free MP7s in Dublin free handguns in station bins etc

Retirees never returning stuff

"Do as I say not as I do"

tonysopprano

Another headline from this week,

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025/02/20/garda-fitness-requirements-relaxed-as-force-struggles-to-increase-numbers/

john_aero

Didnt one leave a pistol in a changing room last year. Armed gard out clothes shopping while on duty

scwazrh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123201312#Comment_123201312

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2024/08/14/garda-assigned-to-protect-cabinet-member-allegedly-left-gun-in-ted-baker-changing-room/

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Grizzly 45

Another one to add to the looong list of AGS mishaps and foolery with firearms…From ARU instructors shooting themselves in the foot literally,to the ERU shooting one of their own in a friendly fire incident in a bank raid,to securely storing your duty pistol under your bed pillow,and having it stolen in a burglary,to…Oh lets not go there!!! There is just too many examples of things that would get you in so much trouble as a "Mere civilian" and get your liscenses revoked ,to them having any sort of moral authorithy to lecture us anymore about the dangers of civillian ownership of firearms.

Melodeon

More news about the stored firearms at Garda Headquarters:
https://www.newstalk.com/news/garda-obtained-arms-at-phoenix-park-hq-to-sell-for-profit-2152751

The audio of the full Pat Kenny interview is in the linked page.

Shambolic nonsense, as usual.

Grizzly 45

It looks like the major threat to public saftey with firearms in Ireland are aGS themselves after listening to that absolute train wreck with a plane crash on top of it.

They have absolutely have now NO,none,not a hope moral arguement to lecture us about private firearms being a"public saftey"issue,when they are being utterly fast and loose and giving the term "lassiez faire" new meaning when it comes to firearms in Garda custody or possesion.

Seems we would be better off asking in future if a liscense is refused,would they have any special offers out the back door of the station for their retirement fund?This would be pure comedy gold on a Fr Ted level if it wasn't so deadly serious.

Rescueme0007

It's fairly difficult to be anything other than sceptical about the AGS and their level of training and proficiency with firearms. After the debacle in Athy in the '90's, the PDF members referred to the ERU …as every round used! 😂😂

GaryKE.

Feck I.T. I'm joining the Gardai. Will do good deals for fellow boards members.