Garda Checks

tphase · 28-05-2020 03:38PM

pablo128 wrote: »

Ring your job in the morning and tell them you got turned around at a checkpoint. They won't be long in printing off a few letters.

what?
you mean tell a lie?
next thing you'll be suggesting I mock up a letter and use that

Penfailed · 28-05-2020 03:48PM

tphase wrote: »

what?
you mean tell a lie?
next thing you'll be suggesting I mock up a letter and use that

The alternative would be to keep doing it until it happens. Then they'll get you a letter, I'm sure. I don't have a letter but I've been stopped a couple of times with no issue.

whisky_galore · 28-05-2020 05:24PM

Penfailed wrote: »

The alternative would be to keep doing it until it happens.

I'd go with this option, if you get turned around they can't say they hadn't been warned. Otherwise carry something, anything, a payslip, whatever.

Luck of the draw as was said, these checkpoints seem to be 'soft touch' policing unless you're obviously pissed, look dodgy or have something to hide.

tayto lover · 29-05-2020 02:03PM

tphase wrote: »

You would think that's obvious but management live on a different planet. They have determined it is not required under the new protocol

Anyway, my question remains - what is the Garda position on this?

I do voluntary work for a charitable organisation and they provided us with a letter to show if stopped at a Garda checkpoint. I had to show it twice so far and had no problems with the Garda.
Your company is the problem if they’re not providing you with a letter.

tphase · 29-05-2020 02:15PM

OK, let me re-phrase the question -
Are letters of authorisation from employers still required for essential workers to travel to work?

El Weirdo · 29-05-2020 02:38PM

tphase wrote: »

OK, let me re-phrase the question -
Are letters of authorisation from employers still required for essential workers to travel to work?

But what is their issue with providing one? Are they afraid of the cost of paper and ink toner?

newuser99999 · 29-05-2020 02:48PM

tphase wrote: »

OK, let me re-phrase the question -
Are letters of authorisation from employers still required for essential workers to travel to work?

From Citizens Information

“If you are an essential worker, you are allowed to travel to and from work. When travelling to and from work, you should bring:

Work identification or
A letter from your employer that states you are an essential employee and
Another form of identification”

So no. Not really necessary but you should. Your company is being awkward for the cost of some paper and ink.

tphase · 29-05-2020 03:25PM

newuser99999 wrote: »

From Citizens Information

“If you are an essential worker, you are allowed to travel to and from work. When travelling to and from work, you should bring:

Work identification or
A letter from your employer that states you are an essential employee and
Another form of identification”

So no. Not really necessary but you should. Your company is being awkward for the cost of some paper and ink.

thanks, that's the most useful information I got so far, should have thought to look at citizens information.
BTW One thing my shower are not afraid to spend on is paper and ink.....

Discodog · 29-05-2020 05:17PM

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/garda-to-scale-down-covid-19-enforcement-for-june-bank-holiday-1.4265621

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Cork-Gardai-on-bank-holiday-policing-If-you-are-not-within-the-5km-limit-you-will-be-told-to-go-home-18edb740-d189-416d-99cc-2531be4edfdd-ds

Seems to be mixed messages.

Penfailed · 29-05-2020 05:21PM

I was stopped at a Garda checkpoint on the border this afternoon. The Guard was in great form.

Breezin · 29-05-2020 06:58PM

I was out yesterday and a guard gave me a filthy look altogether.

punisher5112 · 29-05-2020 07:15PM

Breezin wrote: »

I was out yesterday and a guard gave me a filthy look altogether.

Tend to do that when you're staring at them.... Try not flipping the bird.....

See no checks at all, parks packed.

Only seen 3 Gaurds in Dublin city.

Pawwed Rig · 29-05-2020 07:27PM

Breezin wrote: »

I was out yesterday and a guard gave me a filthy look altogether.

Were you wearing a grey tracksuit?

CBear1993 · 30-05-2020 06:59AM

Penfailed wrote: »

I was stopped at a Garda checkpoint on the border this afternoon. The Guard was in great form.

Whereabouts on the border? Came up through Monaghan /Tyrone then again at donegal /Tyrone border and not a thing yesterday evening

Penfailed · 30-05-2020 07:43AM

CBear1993 wrote: »

Whereabouts on the border? Came up through Monaghan /Tyrone then again at donegal /Tyrone border and not a thing yesterday evening

Donegal/Derry.

30-05-2020 07:44AM

They’ll need some amount of them around the Donegal border in about 6 weeks time.

Quantum Erasure · 30-05-2020 07:51AM

I thought all parades for the 12th were cancelled ages ago, I suppose there'll be street parties instead...

30-05-2020 07:52AM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

I thought all parades for the 12th were cancelled ages ago, I suppose there'll be street parties instead...

You’ve seen what they’re like when they can’t walk down a certain road, there’s no chance that they’ll be told none at all. The 11th will probably be the hardest one one to stop.

Bishop of hope · 30-05-2020 09:01AM

https://www.rte.ie/amp/1128808/

They're officially cancelled anyway, even Rossnowlagh.

30-05-2020 12:14PM

Overheard a pair of Dublin "ladies" shouting at each other through separate open car windows in the local petrol station in Sth Wexford. Both were bragging how they had made "triffic" time coming from the capital.

"2 and a half hours from Kingswood" to be precise...."never stopped once."

Clear as day that both cars were families on holidays judging by the packed cars!

Local beach here was jam packed yesterday. 99% of people on it were not from within 5km.

Garda checks me hole

whisky_galore · 30-05-2020 12:21PM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

I thought all parades for the 12th were cancelled ages ago, I suppose there'll be street parties instead...

Mountains of pallets and burning effigies as per usual.

mynamejeff · 30-05-2020 03:24PM

there is no leadership or clear direction from either government or garda management .

government or any politicians don't want the backlash from some people for ordering a strict lockdown yet they cant lift them for the same reason.

only the dpp can authorise actual charges for breaching the covid regulations and they only authorised it in one quarter of the cases referred to them .

30-05-2020 03:26PM

The Gardai have slipped back terribly in the past few weeks but they must be getting instructed to do so.

mynamejeff · 30-05-2020 03:44PM

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

The Gardai have slipped back terribly in the past few weeks but they must be getting instructed to do so.

the problem is that they aren't getting any clear instruction at all .

CBear1993 · 30-05-2020 06:32PM

Sure what’s the issue, isn’t it great? People out enjoying themselves again in the sun. Cafes Open for takeout, people flocking to the beaches. Been locked up for long enough.

Any begrudgers are busy bodies that love to be heard.

Check the stats today, second wave or not. 83 was median age. 10 people died under 45.

TEN.... PEOPLE... and of those we don’t even know what their health condition was.

About one twelfth of the 24,500 approx cases were under 30. How many health workers? A large majority I’d imagine.

Life goes on and has to. Anyone denying the return to normality isn’t half wise. Including our government. Keeping things inside their control until they get their new corrupt government sorted. Meanwhile flights from the UK and further afield land in day by day. “But it’s for cargo “ they say...

blade1 · 30-05-2020 06:35PM

CBear1993 wrote: »

Sure what’s the issue, isn’t it great? People out enjoying themselves again in the sun. Cafes Open for takeout, people flocking to the beaches. Been locked up for long enough.

Any begrudgers are busy bodies that love to be heard.

Check the stats today, second wave or not. 83 was median age. 10 people died under 45.

TEN.... PEOPLE... and of those we don’t even know what their health condition was.

About one twelfth of the 24,500 approx cases were under 30. How many health workers? A large majority I’d imagine.

Life goes on and has to. Anyone denying the return to normality isn’t half wise. Including our government. Keeping things inside their control until they get their new corrupt government sorted. Meanwhile flights from the UK and further afield land in day by day. “But it’s for cargo “ they say...

Why pick age 45?
Let's pick age 10 so while we're at it.

punisher5112 · 30-05-2020 06:48PM

CBear1993 wrote: »

Sure what’s the issue, isn’t it great? People out enjoying themselves again in the sun. Cafes Open for takeout, people flocking to the beaches. Been locked up for long enough.

Any begrudgers are busy bodies that love to be heard.

Check the stats today, second wave or not. 83 was median age. 10 people died under 45.

TEN.... PEOPLE... and of those we don’t even know what their health condition was.

About one twelfth of the 24,500 approx cases were under 30. How many health workers? A large majority I’d imagine.

Life goes on and has to. Anyone denying the return to normality isn’t half wise. Including our government. Keeping things inside their control until they get their new corrupt government sorted. Meanwhile flights from the UK and further afield land in day by day. “But it’s for cargo “ they say...

This is exactly the attitude that got many more killed then needed to.....

The whole thing has been a fcuk up.....

Extra staff, specifically trained should have been sent to all nursing homes and that's where it was needed.....

CBear1993 · 30-05-2020 07:53PM

blade1 wrote: »

Why pick age 45?
Let's pick age 10 so while we're at it.

Just going by what was released in our media today, whether it can believed:D

Everyone’s playing a blinder and holding firm, that’s the main thing #Heroes

Jim Root · 30-05-2020 09:00PM

CBear1993 wrote: »

Sure what’s the issue, isn’t it great? People out enjoying themselves again in the sun. Cafes Open for takeout, people flocking to the beaches. Been locked up for long enough.

Any begrudgers are busy bodies that love to be heard.

Check the stats today, second wave or not. 83 was median age. 10 people died under 45.

TEN.... PEOPLE... and of those we don’t even know what their health condition was.

About one twelfth of the 24,500 approx cases were under 30. How many health workers? A large majority I’d imagine.

Life goes on and has to. Anyone denying the return to normality isn’t half wise. Including our government. Keeping things inside their control until they get their new corrupt government sorted. Meanwhile flights from the UK and further afield land in day by day. “But it’s for cargo “ they say...

Do you anyone who has died from the virus?

whisky_galore · 30-05-2020 09:38PM

More publicity pics out of Gardai patrolling deserted trains with doggy in tow. Wonder will they be still around when the scumbags are back on board?

Lol.

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