"Hello lads, we're the Guards...", "Hello Guards, we're the lads..."

Tar.Aldarion · 17-05-2010 06:04PM

Great thread title! Also, I think you need a reason.

Anna Molly · 17-05-2010 06:14PM

I'm an angel me, but paddy's day just gone I was in town and of course there was drinking going on. At this stage I wasn't drinking, or even under the influence but my friends were. So the good ol gardai who have nothing better to be doing with their time, decided to search my bag. Which I'm pretty sure isn't legal being that; A. He was a dude, I'm a female. B. He actually put his hand in my bag, aren't I supposed to open up my bag so he can see? C. also, they took my UNOPENED bottle of vodka.

Luckily my friend is a law student, start throwing out acts and legislations at the gaurd and I got my vodka back.

D-Generate · 17-05-2010 06:15PM

Years ago when I was but a wee 18 year old, myself and too pals were going to the pub but decided to visit the off license on the way to buy some bottles to drink down an alley beforehand. We purchased some bottles of Delirium Tremens (i believe) and went down an alley which would be in a less than desirable part of Cork.
We cracked open the bottles and took a swig and there was a bit of movement out of the corners of our eye down the alley. Two bums (male and female) were down there lying on a rug surrounded by boxes who we hadn't noticed before. They got up and started shambling towards us in their raggedy ass clothes and I was not in the mood for any hassle from bums at this point. Alas before I could say a word they reached in to their pockets and pulled out their wallets and wouldja believe, but they were Gardai! I was so shocked that when they asked my name I couldn't even think of John Mendeville, The Square, Mitchelstown. Nothing ever came of it, they just took our booze, told us to move on and I suppose then they went back to being hobos or whatever they were doing.

When I was in the US for a J1 I drank a bit too much over at a girls house who I was trying to impress. She asked me to stay, not because she wanted to jump my bones but because she worried for me. Heck I worried for me too, I didn't want to puke/piss myself in her house so I left despite her protestations, sure I only had 2 blocks to walk. This was however a bit too far for me in my state because I woke up with a Sheriff kicking at me to wake me up, he bundled me in to the back of his car and drove me the 50m to my front garden and just pushed me out on to the grass. At least he didn't bring me to the drunk tank.
Oh and I did get my leg over the week after so success!

Gillington · 17-05-2010 06:19PM

Never been in trouble just stopped a couple of times.

First time a load of us went down to see The prodigy in Mill Street,I used to wear a Liam gallagher-esque jacket and all the lads used to slag me saying i looked like a dealer,anyways walking past some cops and one of my mates shouted "search this lad look at the state of him!" Dragged into a room by two plain clothes I was and strip searched,thankfully had nothing on me.

Another time we were drinking in a local park,sittin on the swings etc messin about,the police came over and moved us on.Walking home one of the lads started messing jumping on my back and all,I threw him off and 2 more coppers came running over grabbed me saying I was fighting.My mate was on the ground in stitches laughing so he wasnt able to catch his breath to tell them we were mates! Anyway continued on,bursting for a piss,so stupidly decided to relieve myself on a bush in someones garden,cue the first 2 coppers collaring me with the line "Did the owner of this house piss in your garden,no? Then why the fcuk are you pissing in his!?"

I was lucky any other night and any oher guard,coulda been a different story

Rented Mule · 17-05-2010 06:22PM

Foxhound38 wrote: »

My only run-in was when I was about 15, rebel as I was walking down the road in the blistering july heat in a leather trenchcoat - too cool for heat stroke at the time it seems :pac:. The scene looking a bit strange, an unmarked car pulled in a pulled down the window. Now, I've never had great hearing and the heat must have been messing with my mind because for some reason I got it into my head that whoever was there was asking for directions, so I walked over to the window of the car, looked in, expecting to be asked directions. Out these two plainclothes coppers jump, flashing the credentials and asking me why in the name of god I was wearing such a huge coat in the middle of July.

Having been through several (post -9/11)Security/Anti-Terrorism conference, I have to say that you are a text book case of what they are supposed to be looking for.

Ruu_Old · 17-05-2010 06:23PM

Oh ho ho ho ho, I'd be loike morto too loike!

I was stopped in various airports. In Liverpool airport, one of the policemen asked me what my role in the Department of Justice was (it was on my Garda age ID)

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Stratige · 17-05-2010 06:24PM

When I was in secondary school a couple of mates of mine' houses were raided by the drug squad because our principal told the local drug unit they were dealing in the school.

This was not true. They were messers, that's all.

They didn't deserve to be made a show of like that to their whole neighbourhood.

6 or 7 Garda and 2 sniffer dogs come bursting into the house and into their rooms in the morning while they're asleep, all because they gave their principle a bit of cheek?

To this day i'am honestly baffled as to how a school principal can get away with something like that.

Foxhound38 · 17-05-2010 06:53PM

Wagon wrote: »

Good thing you aren't a guard so.

Ah in fairness it must've cut a strange picture for them to look at. As for the slap, maybe a bit out of order on their part but looking back not altogether unjustified - they have a difficult enough job to do without cheeky little bollixes in trenchcoats giving them lip!

Ruu wrote:

Oh ho ho ho ho, I'd be loike morto too loike!

Is that not what all the cool kids say these days? Must be falling down on my lingo :pac:

KevinVonSpiel · 17-05-2010 06:56PM

Circa '91, I was moving from Northside to Southside, two suitcases via the bus service, late one night. Arrive in Ranelagh, called in on a friend & asked if he'd help me cart these two up the road (to, you guessed it, the Palmerston Road area). Despite the late hour (I think I caught the last bus), he says; sure.

As we wander up his street toward Palmerston Road, a Garda van stops, asks us what's going on; I give a quick explanation &... &... then... ask if he'd give us a lift.

He kind of sighs, iirc, then says; yeah, get in the back of the van.. (I hadn't seen Withnail & I yet).

Halfways up Palmerston Road, unaware as my friend was that the Garda in the back of the van was staring me out, looking massively pissed off, I then stated, matter of factly; yeah, the turn to the left, just coming up...

We were dropped off just outside my new house, I said thanks... then my friend tells me about my completely ignoring 'psycho staring cop' in the back of the van.

Anyway, that's one story... moral; it pays to ignore the cop that wants to kill you & concentrate instead of giving the one that's driving clear instructions as to where he is to taxi you.

SYLT · 17-05-2010 07:03PM

NothingMan wrote: »

Also, for some shots of the Gardai handling some football hooligans check out my pix.ie link below.

Link please?

NothingMan · 17-05-2010 07:10PM

SYLT wrote: »

Link please?

It's on my Pix.ie, it's in my signature right down there VVVV

RayM · 17-05-2010 07:21PM

Apart from being fined for speeding (politely and without any kind of bollocking or patronising smart-arsery), I've never had any seriously negative experiences with the Guards.

There was one incident, a few years ago... It was early on a Saturday morning and I was waiting for a bus, when a fat, red-faced Guard pulled over, rolled the window down and (in an incomprehensibly thick accent) said: "So, what are ye up to then?" I gestured towards the bus stop and said: "I'm waiting for a bus." He then said: "Ah fúckit, it's not you I'm looking for, so" and drove off.

I doubt that he found whoever he was looking for. Ever, in his entire career.

rainbowdrop · 17-05-2010 07:23PM

D-Generate wrote: »

Years ago when I was but a wee 18 year old, myself and too pals were going to the pub but decided to visit the off license on the way to buy some bottles to drink down an alley beforehand. We purchased some bottles of Delirium Tremens (i believe) and went down an alley which would be in a less than desirable part of Cork.
We cracked open the bottles and took a swig and there was a bit of movement out of the corners of our eye down the alley. Two bums (male and female) were down there lying on a rug surrounded by boxes who we hadn't noticed before. They got up and started shambling towards us in their raggedy ass clothes and I was not in the mood for any hassle from bums at this point. Alas before I could say a word they reached in to their pockets and pulled out their wallets and wouldja believe, but they were Gardai! I was so shocked that when they asked my name I couldn't even think of John Mendeville, The Square, Mitchelstown. Nothing ever came of it, they just took our booze, told us to move on and I suppose then they went back to being hobos or whatever they were doing.

I'd say they were genuine wino's with fake garda badges, who successfully managed to fleece your drink off ye!!

Unlucky Laad!!

Stratige · 17-05-2010 07:27PM

RayM wrote: »

"So, what are ye up to then?" I gestured towards the bus stop and said: "I'm waiting for a bus." He then said: "Ah fúckit, it's not you I'm looking for, so" and drove off.

So he's looking for someone who stands at a bustop not waiting for a bus then?

x PyRo · 17-05-2010 07:30PM

Offy wrote: »

And thats my biggest issue with them, one set of laws for their family and friends and another set for everyone else. hehe I told the gardai ombudsman a couple of years ago that the next time a gardai committed a crime against me or my children I would do murder. Strangely they havent bothered me since then! Cops, cops kids, scumbags that are allowed to break the law without penalties. Why should I or any other member of Irish society obey the law when others like cops kids don’t have to?
x PyRo do you thing for a second that you should be above the law because of your parents profession?

No where the hell did I say I was "above the law" ?. I never said I was "above the law". Nor am I a scumbag because my Father's a member of the Gardai. :rolleyes:

I never done anything to warrant getting arrested by them, I was stopped knacker drinking once, The took the drink, I went on my merry way.

In my original post I was referring to when I'd be 16 or 17 drinking in the pubs etc, Never got bothered by them, Never done anything to warrant getting done by them. If I done something to justify being arrested I would be, Simple as that.

Get down from your high horse, You've obviously had lots of run ins with the Gardai if you're threatening to murder people, Then you go on to call people you don't know "scumbags". :rolleyes: You're something else.

RayM · 17-05-2010 07:33PM

Stratige wrote: »

So he's looking for someone who stands at a bustop not waiting for a bus then?

I got the impression that he was looking for somebody dressed like this.

CoalBucket · 17-05-2010 07:39PM

Foxhound38 wrote: »

My only run-in was when I was about 15, rebel as I was walking down the road in the blistering july heat in a leather trenchcoat - too cool for heat stroke at the time it seems :pac:. Out these two plainclothes coppers jump, flashing the credentials and asking me why in the name of god I was wearing such a huge coat in the middle of July.

They probably thought you were a flasher

Foxhound38 wrote: »

I demanded to read the credentials, and I was given a swift slap over the head and was told to stop acting like a little bollix.

A swift slap over the head and being told to stop acting like a little bollix is Garda code for "Yes we are the gardai"

Offy · 17-05-2010 07:43PM

x PyRo wrote: »

In my original post I was referring to when I'd be 16 or 17 drinking in the pubs etc, Never got bothered by them, Never done anything to warrant getting done by them. If I done something to justify being arrested I would be, Simple as that.

I was referring to when I'd be 16 or 17 drinking in the pubs etc, Never got bothered by them
Do you think the gardai allow 16 or 17 year olds to drink in pubs? So why were you allowed? Work it out. The gardai are meant to uphold and enforce the law. Period. Underage drinking is illegial. Period. No wait a minute seemly its ok if your a cops kid. Members of AGS that refuse to enforce the law are scumbags. They get paid to enforce the law for everyone living in Ireland not just those that they dont know.

x PyRo · 17-05-2010 07:50PM

Offy wrote: »

I was referring to when I'd be 16 or 17 drinking in the pubs etc, Never got bothered by them
Do you think the gardai allow 16 or 17 year olds to drink in pubs? So why were you allowed? Work it out. The gardai are meant to uphold and enforce the law. Period. Underage drinking is illegial. Period. No wait a minute seemly its ok if your a cops kid. Members of AGS that refuse to enforce the law are scumbags. They get paid to enforce the law for everyone living in Ireland not just thoose that they dont know.

You're completely avoiding the point, It's not like they came in, Checked did I have I'd, Seen I was underage, Then let me continue drinking. Only time I'd of been talking to them would be outside the chipper where they'd be parked up or outside it. They didn't exactly catch me in the act.

The one time I was caught underage drinking it was taken off me. What more can they do? Nothing. I was smart enough not to get caught again.

I agree that the majority of Gardai do show favoritism to people they know, There's no doubting that. I don't agree with it but that's how it goes, Live with it. Until they get caught out showing favoritism to "friends" or whoever then there's nothing that can be done.

prinz · 17-05-2010 07:54PM

Anna Molly wrote: »

So the good ol gardai who have nothing better to be doing with their time, decided to search my bag. Which I'm pretty sure isn't legal being that; A. He was a dude, I'm a female.

Irrelevant. It's perfectly legal. He only search your bag. You can only request a same-sex officer if you are being subjected to a 'heavy' search of your person.

Anna Molly wrote: »

B. He actually put his hand in my bag, aren't I supposed to open up my bag so he can see?

He can put his hand in.

Anna Molly wrote: »

C. also, they took my UNOPENED bottle of vodka.

Whether or not it was open or unopened is irrelevant if you are under 18 or they believed you were under 18 and believed you intended to drink it.

Anna Molly wrote: »

Luckily my friend is a law student, start throwing out acts and legislations at the gaurd and I got my vodka back.

Your friend needs to do some more studying and less drinking.

Freckles..! · 17-05-2010 07:54PM

Offy wrote: »

x PyRo do you thing for a second that you should be above the law because of your parents profession?

S/he didn't say s/he was above the law, just that it was handy. Relax.

Offy · 17-05-2010 07:56PM

x PyRo wrote: »

Until they get caught out showing favoritism to "friends" or whoever then there's nothing that can be done.

Even when they are caught nothing is done. Lets not pretend here, a AGS members and their families dont have to obey the law because there are no punishments for them. The worse they face is a career change.

prinz · 17-05-2010 07:59PM

Offy wrote: »

Even when they are caught nothing is done. Lets not pretend here, a AGS members and their families dont have to obey the law because there are no punishments for them.

Rabble rabble nonsense. What is it Offy? Got a bone to pick?

x PyRo · 17-05-2010 08:01PM

Offy wrote: »

Even when they are caught nothing is done. Lets not pretend here, a AGS members and their families dont have to obey the law because there are no punishments for them. The worse they face is a career change.

:pac: Come off it. I don't know what Garda abused you but it's clear you've a chip on your shoulder.

You think I can go out and do what I want and get away with it ?. If I went and stabbed someone would I get away with it ?. Seriously, The horse is up so high it's clouding your judgement.

Steodonn · 17-05-2010 08:04PM

NothingMan wrote: »

It's on my Pix.ie, it's in my signature right down there VVVV

You seemed miss the shot of a kid getting a smack of a baton for not wanting to be separated from his mates

ch750536 · 17-05-2010 08:08PM

Not myself but I have a friend who got the **** knocked out of him at the battle of Beanfield

Steyr · 17-05-2010 08:16PM

genericguy wrote: »

who watches the watchmen?

Garda Ombudsman?

eddie the eagle · 17-05-2010 08:23PM

thread title reminded me of this storey from a few years back on overheardindublin

http://www.overheardindublin.com/comment3.php?id=1463

antomorro-sei · 17-05-2010 08:33PM

NothingMan wrote: »

Also, for some shots of the Gardai handling some football hooligans check out my pix.ie link below.

Think, what you meant to say was Gardaí misusing their powers on ordinary football fans. Hooligans is implying they caused trouble. :rolleyes:

jigglywoo · 17-05-2010 08:42PM

My friend and I were escorted out of a pub when we were 16 by the Gardai.
They asked us lots of crappy questions and I had to leave behind a full bottle of smirnoff ice *tear*
Was hoping for a lift home off them but had to make my own way home ):

"Hello lads, we're the Guards...", "Hello Guards, we're the lads..."

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