While we were on the subject of the Brits defending Irish airspace... They mightn't be able to defend their own, let alone ours.

30 years post-cold war has degraded their defence capabilities as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNRUP-T01Ig

😬 😬 😬 Are they made from gold?

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This shooting case is in Tallaght has some very odd reporting of the case. The whole situation sounds very strange.

It's before the courts so I can't really discuss much or Cass will take a hatchet to this discussion. 😁

I'm surprised he didn't apply for bail at the earliest opportunity. I'm also surprised that he wasn't granted bail. There's a guy accused of murder in February currently out on bail and sort of staying in a house two doors up from where my sister lives.

I thought that the comments I've highlighted in bold below are interesting.

Absolutely, don't want people to post or say anything prejudicial. More so the "facts" they have been printed.

I don't think this clear exactly what was going on. Who was hunting. Why he had two firearms on him. What where the staff doing with him. Not asking for speculation, just confused by the details

Watching a documentary on Des O Malley here on RTE.

States that AGS insisted, and he states himself that he personally carried a handgun and was under armed Garda protection as was his family for a time post the Arms trial and the NI situation kicking off in 1972. Just wondering did this have an influence on his decisions about the Temp custody Order 1972? Apart from the blatant hypocrisy of "one law for thee and one for me",being forced to do something you don't like can certainly affect your decisions on a topic.

Also, I wonder what training he got in firearms usage/safety and tactics?Or was it just a "Here you are minister...Sign here and off you go" situation?

Sense would dictate that the existing animals on the fur farms are used for their intended purpose with no further breeding or buying to replace these animals rather than releasing Mink into the wild. Let the farms run their course as such.

They key word there...Sense.

Or the animal lovers do a false flag raid to claim it was an irresponsible peed off farm owner that did it.Either way watch them ramp it up against field sports in the future.

Justified in the sense that AGS should always check out all reports of possible illegal firearms BUT totally over the top and totally unprofessional in how they carried out the task.

Using a sledge hammer to crack a peanut comes to mind.

ASFIK the owner or resident etc has to be present before a warranted search of a premises takes place.It doesn't sound like this guy was unknown in the community as an ex NYPD or where his routine would take him. So why the STASI tactics with full goon squad in tow?Utter overuse of force IMO.

As for unlicensed Deacts.Wonder how many of these keepsakes are still out there held by folks of his generation, that can easily be solved by a chat and a Supers letter to keep them?

Lesson. Never give out info or pics of your guns to anyone. Even people you know for years. Never know what or how that info might be used.

The death of the "local Garda" is part of the problem here IMHO. With no text book to advise, coming hot on the heels of that lady shot in Dublin and that lad off his tits in Donegal, extreme reactions are to be expected.

The guy is 88,an ex NYPD, known in the community for years.

Hardly requires a SWAT team door kicker event.Esp as he wasn't at home at the time and his routine was well known. A pull over on the roadside on his way back home and friendly chat pointing out this problem of a suspected unlicensed firearm known to be in his possession by a local Garda would have clarified, sorted and removed the deadly danger of a Deacted lump of metal from the community.

Different story if it was a suspected safe house of the "RA" and there was a possibility of an AS meeting going on or the like. Realistic perception of the threat facing you is a great thing.🙂

I'm not exactly critical of AGS looking for illegal firearms, more power to them to do that, but my problem is where they search for illegal firearms. You have to prioritize who's actually going to use said firearms. Some 88 year old granddad isn't exactly a Hutch hitman, and AGS didn't initially know whether or not it was deactivated or not. Of course your man shouldn't have had the firearm, but come on now. What AGS should have been prioritizing was operations like operation Tara that actually take drugs and guns off the streets. Public reaction shouldn't have any impact on the actions of AGS.