latenia wrote: » Revenue District 480 in O'Connell St. I left about 8 years ago but I believe they've reorganised on geographical lines in the meantime. Anything to do with garda tax went through there-medical expenses, credit union dividends, top slicing relief, sections 23 and 50 etc. You could use your detective skills and ask some of your older colleagues about it. A garda can retire at any age they want. I'm sure you know many, many more gardaí than me but how many of their tax returns have you seen? Most people don't discuss their personal finance with work colleagues.
whiteonion wrote: » A wife plus children is an expense that I will never take on. Most people my age are married by now and some have children. Not I because I realised they would be cramping my style. Instead I can afford to live like a playboy in a poor country about a month each year. Maybe if you had taken other decisions when you where younger you would have more money at the end of the month.
whiteonion wrote: » A wife plus children is an expense that I will never take on. Most people my age are married by now and some have children. Not I because I realised they would be cramping my style. Instead I can afford to live like a playboy in a poor country about a month each year.
whiteonion wrote: » Maybe if you had taken other decisions when you where younger you would have more money at the end of the month.
Bosco boy wrote: » Take it a step further and ask the starving in Africa what it would be like to have the dole money!
end a eknny wrote: » working life i presume
end a eknny wrote: » bet they would rather the gardai wages
tayto lover wrote: » I'd say he is terribly jealous. Probably failed the entrance examination for the Garda.
end a eknny wrote: » there cant seriously be an entrance exam for the gardai, its definetly not intelligence based probably more along the lines of wheres your father stationed or did he retire early
the groutch wrote: » a rank and file Garda only getting 40k + overtime?http://www.kernel.dk/smallest-violin.jpg
angelfire9 wrote: » people ought to remember that when you are at home in your bed asleep tonight or any other night including Christmas, New Year & Easter the Gardai are out on the streets and roads keeping it safe for you
the groutch wrote: » like with the multiple thread about people being terrorised by gangs of youths in their estate, and the Gardai doing nothing about it?
angelfire9 wrote: » Ha ha Actual life expectancy is 5-8 years less than average
end a eknny wrote: » suppose thats what hapens when you spend your day sitting in a car eating free burgers and chips
angelfire9 wrote: » Yeah yeah yeah yeah same old same old When will the begrudgers get it into their heads that Gardai are not "as thick as planks" as offy so eloquently put it There is a stringent process for acceptance including an appitude test and 2 interviews as well as a fitness test Once Gardai qualify they undergo Continuous Professional Development with courses at Templemore see here:http://www.gardacollegelms.ie/file.php/1/Frontpage_images/College_Courses_2010/CPD_Courses2.html#_Toc262467280 29k nett after 11 years service Overtime is non existent at the moment and yes they do get allowances but people ought to remember that when you are at home in your bed asleep tonight or any other night including Christmas, New Year & Easter the Gardai are out on the streets and roads keeping it safe for you
angelfire9 wrote: » The life expectancy is likewise lower for fire fighters What is your smart ass excuse for that one? :rolleyes:
end a eknny wrote: » people speak as they find
THE brother of the 36 year-old man who died tragically in Killaloe at the weekend, when he accidentally reversed his car into the canal, has praised the courage of the gardai and emergency services who tried to save him. http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local/brother_of_limerick_accident_victim_praises_emergency_services_1_2189972 TWO Canadian tourists were amazed at the professionalism and courteous nature of Garda after their car was broken into in at Kells Priory in Kilkenny http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/local/tourists_praise_thomastown_garda_237_for_help_after_theft_1_2174861 The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has praised the bravery of the two gardaí who were stabbed while responding to reports of a robbery in north Dublin last night. Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mcdowell-praises-bravery-of-gardai-after-dublin-stabbing-211668.html#ixzz1KQWTDo6t GARDAI were highly praised by the FBI last night after one of its most wanted men was arrested in France yesterday for the 1998 sniper killing of abortion doctor Barnett Slepian. James Kopp (46) had a $50,000 bounty on his head when he was finally caught yesterday in the village of Dinane, in Brittany France http://www.independent.ie/national-news/fbi-praise-gardai-as-most-wanted-man-is-captured-353610.html THE most senior garda officer in Limerick has paid tribute to a colleague who was injured by armed criminals as they attempted to evade arrest. The wounded member of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) underwent surgery to his face yesterday after he was struck by an open door of a Toyota Avensis which was rammed off a country road by gardai on Wednesday. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/praise-for-garda-hurt-on-duty-2198126.html A JUDGE yesterday praised a garda who is set to retire after 30 years of work with young offenders. Judge Elizabeth MacGrath led tributes at the Dublin Children's Court to Garda Pascal O'Brien who "broke down the barrier" between gardai and young offenders http://www.independent.ie/national-news/praise-for-garda-who-was-backbone-of-childrens-court-2291799.html A GARDA has been praised for going "beyond the call of duty" when he arrested an armed robber who threatened to shoot at him twice within minutes of carrying out a raid on a Dublin pharmacy. http://www.herald.ie/national-news/courts/garda-gets-praise-for-tackling-armed-thief-1444704.html A Salthill Garda is being praised for braving freezing sea waters last night to rescue a man who entered the sea in Lower Salthill. http://www.galwaynews.ie/6159-praise-salthill-garda-involved-sea-rescue
THE brother of the 36 year-old man who died tragically in Killaloe at the weekend, when he accidentally reversed his car into the canal, has praised the courage of the gardai and emergency services who tried to save him.
TWO Canadian tourists were amazed at the professionalism and courteous nature of Garda after their car was broken into in at Kells Priory in Kilkenny
The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has praised the bravery of the two gardaí who were stabbed while responding to reports of a robbery in north Dublin last night.
GARDAI were highly praised by the FBI last night after one of its most wanted men was arrested in France yesterday for the 1998 sniper killing of abortion doctor Barnett Slepian. James Kopp (46) had a $50,000 bounty on his head when he was finally caught yesterday in the village of Dinane, in Brittany France
THE most senior garda officer in Limerick has paid tribute to a colleague who was injured by armed criminals as they attempted to evade arrest. The wounded member of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) underwent surgery to his face yesterday after he was struck by an open door of a Toyota Avensis which was rammed off a country road by gardai on Wednesday.
A JUDGE yesterday praised a garda who is set to retire after 30 years of work with young offenders. Judge Elizabeth MacGrath led tributes at the Dublin Children's Court to Garda Pascal O'Brien who "broke down the barrier" between gardai and young offenders
A GARDA has been praised for going "beyond the call of duty" when he arrested an armed robber who threatened to shoot at him twice within minutes of carrying out a raid on a Dublin pharmacy.
A Salthill Garda is being praised for braving freezing sea waters last night to rescue a man who entered the sea in Lower Salthill.
end a eknny wrote: » what about farmers, construction workers, lorry drivers and many more low paid jobs without the added benifits and the requirement to do some actual work
fighterman wrote: » A ridiculous press release from the Guards that deserves ridicule. 120 gardai are living beyond their means. Boo hoo! The sense of entitlement in the public sector unions is absolutely breathtaking.
angelfire9 wrote: » Are you saying that farmers, construction workers etc have a lower life expectancy? No they don't They have a high risk profession perhaps but life expectancy after retirement is average for most professions outside of the emergency services and that is a fact! We are not talking about a sense of entitlement We have shown (more than once) the nett income of the Gardai has been decimated by cuts and the facts are that some of them are having trouble making ends meet as a result What do you do for a living yourself? :cool:
end a eknny wrote: » two points just cause you call it a fact doesnt make it true. and second point is that everybody is taking home considerably less money and or struggling but most havent got the reassurance of a secure job for life and a nice pension
fighterman wrote: » I think decimated is stretching it. A reduction obviously but still more than enough to get by. I still believe there is a huge sense of entitlement in this press release, which refers to a small percentage of the workforce who overstretched themselves. Their pay comes from tax revenues, which are down, ergo there is less money to pay them.
angelfire9 wrote: » Standard pay down by over €100 a week in some cases Overtime is extinct That is more than a "little" cut And we are not talking about a small percentage There are LOTS of Gardai in a similar position And we are not talking about guys with 2/3 houses they don't deserve sympathy I'd be talking about guys with an average mortgage and average expenses that are literally living hand to mouth every week
angelfire9 wrote: » I'd be talking about guys with an average mortgage and average expenses that are literally living hand to mouth every week
