Discodog wrote: » We will never have a proper police force until a total outsider is appointed & given absolute carte blanche . That will never happen because the politicians have too much to lose.
jetsonx wrote: » This is a concentrated drip-feed of "news" stories released at within very short intervals of each other. A bit like what they do in China, Russia and North Korean when trying to cover some corrupt minister's ass.
Discodog wrote: » OP, they are a press office, that's what they do - issue press releases, answer press queries, manage the force's media profile. They are not the Commissioner's personal press office, they're the press office for the whole of AGS.
jetsonx wrote: » who just happen to release a flurry of unrelated press releases in the wake of one of the force's biggest scandals. I've never seen so many Gardai "news items" in the press as I have in the last month. Funny that.
gifted wrote: » Kinda getting tired of every type of press releases...if it isn't the garda it's the GRA...If it's not them it's the teachers unions...if it's not them it's the nurses union..if it's not them it's the bus drivers unions...honestly, every second day some type of union is issuing a press release Anyway...that's my press release for today lol lol
Jawgap wrote: » .....because their conferences are on over Easter, I'm guessing
Jawgap wrote: » You do know there's other stuff going on in the country and regardless of the shenanigans going on in senior managment the country still has to be policed?
gifted wrote: » Easter is for the eggs...lol lol
Jawgap wrote: » So you're attribtuing my post to @discodog while complaining about fake news btw, read up on confirmation bias and you'll see why you've suddenly start noticing things you've only started consciously looking for - the stories have always been there - they've just not been very interesting.
The Rape of Lucretia wrote: » A press office is not there to tell you what you want to know - it is there to tell you what the organisation wants you to know.
Discodog wrote: » He doesn't mind :pac: I believe that they are corrupt to the core. By the way, how the hell is that huge new headquarters building in Renmore Galway justified when there is another one 3 miles away in Oranmore ?
Jawgap wrote: » One's a Regional/Divisional HQ, the other is a district station, I'd imagine
Discodog wrote: » The one being built in Renmore is huge.
Jawgap wrote: » I refer you to the answer I gave some moments ago..... ......a district station needs to be able to meet the needs of the district in which it is located......a regional HQ has to meet the needs of the region so all the support services, specialist detective units etc go there..... .....seriously, the press office posts about this stuff all the time, maybe take time to read it
Discodog wrote: » Meanwhile you won't see a Guard in Galway after about 10 pm
Jawgap wrote: » no, they'll all be in SuperMac's :rolleyes: - Galway's great contribution to western civilisation.....oh sorry, this is the thread for lazy generalisations about Guards, not fast food.
Discodog wrote: » The reason why anyone could see that the drink drive test figures were wrong is that you rarely see Guards at closing time. It's nothing about lazy generalisations. Galway has a very active checkpoint warning facebook & twitter. There are checkpoints throughout the day & then often nothing at night. They are prioritising revenue like car tax, speed etc above drink drive.
Jawgap wrote: » They are not the Commissioner's personal press office, they're the press office for the whole of AGS.
theoneeyedman wrote: » The Garda are going full on BTW. Found it amusing during the week when the ability to react to a terrorist incident was questioned, Longford and behold the following day there was a raid on a so called 'terrorist cell' in Waterford. Very convenient...
Discodog wrote: » By the way, how the hell is that huge new headquarters building in Renmore Galway justified when there is another one 3 miles away in Oranmore ?
please helpThank YOU wrote: » Keep the Irish people in the dark like Mushrooms feed us Horse ****.
Jawgap wrote: » Seriously? If you have a question, email them......don't like the answer? FoI or DPA them or the Policing Authority......have a concern? GSOC or the Garda Inspectorate......still worried......ask your TD to put down a question to the MoJ.......have information, make a protected disclosure..... If you are in the dark being fed horse sh1t, it's because you want to be there or you're too lazy to climb out..... .....honestly, the laziness of the average Irish citizen is bewildering, we've never had more and easier ways to find out about what the organs of the state are up to and people are just too lazy to go find out.
