Garda quits force & discloses disgraceful management

Colmustard wrote: »

I have an 18 year old nephew who stays in bed all day and refused a job in Burgerland because "I wouldn't do work like that" I personally think that is pathetic.

If I was my Brother who got him the job I would have kicked him into it.

lol burgerland.Do you really expect him to work in burgerland? get a grip mate

ya guards should be better funded but they should work harder
in the article he complains about the lack of squad cars sure do you think there were many squad cars in the twenty's guards in cities can go on patrol on foot

OMARS_COMING_ wrote: »

Yeah,there are going to be death squads roaming the streets looking for criminals who got of lightly.

It Ireland we're talking about here,not Iraq.

I'm not talking about the the minor ones but sure I guess I should have been more specific.

Yes well seeing as Iraq is the only country with vigilantes I guess we are all safe.

What should we call these roaming death squads? I like Super Justice Force myself.

Biggins wrote: »

They do care and I have seen them in cars, on horses, on foot and also on bikes.
You must have missed them. Put down the Playstation controls and go outside a bit more.

you live in a better serviced area then most people i know
i have never seen a guard on a horse outside dublin (even then it was in a parade)

i dont own a playstation:D

Biggins wrote: »

Your doubly unlucky.

damn you cruel fate:P

waywardsun wrote: »

Since they removed the height restrictions the Gardai are not as imtimidating to the criminals/junkies.

Yeah but if you're a hardcore criminal and/or junkie I doubt you would find any Garda intimidating.

blondie29 wrote: »

http://www.sundayworld.com/columnists/sw-irish-crime.php

'Garda rank & vile' is headline in Sunday world where Garda Niall O'Connor leaves the force after 5 years, disclosing the pressures frontline gardai are left to deal with no backup of management or funding from our Government, while also discussing the ridiculous situations of criminals walking free from court.

I think its disgraceful how gardai are meant to carry out their duties..their management is a joke. No other police force are treated like this. Will it get worse than this??

I thought I recognised the name from another story recently - I would question whether this may have had an impact on his decision to quit

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0710/1224319721336.html

A JUDGE has thrown out a public order charge against a 21-year-old man who said his arm was broken in the course of his arrest outside a Limerick city pub last year.

Judge Eugene O’Kelly said he was “appalled” at video footage he had seen of the incident, which showed Garda Niall O’Connor “make a lunge” at Gary Daly and “drag him in a violent manner to the squad car” after the accused started recording the arrest of his friend on his phone.

Gardai said their decision to apprehend Mr Daly - of Shannonvale, Old Cratloe Road - had “nothing whatsoever” to do with the fact he had started shooting the video.

Recording a video was “not an offence”, said Judge O’Kelly.

Mr Daly denied failing to comply with Garda directions outside Molly’s Bar on Ellen Street shortly before 1am last July 28.

Garda Paul Bentley told Limerick District Court he and Garda O’Connor had responded to a call from security staff that four males were creating a disturbance having been refused entry. He had instructed Gary Daly to leave the area “at least four times” but, under cross-examination by solicitor Jerry Twomey, conceded the men had been told to leave the area collectively rather than individually. Mr Daly had been abusive and drunk on the night, Garda Bentley said.

Garda O’Connor also insisted the four men had been told to leave the area “on numerous occasions”. Two had done so while the others - Gary Daly and Gareth Howard - had remained, Garda O’Connor said.

Mr Twomey made his laptop available to the judge and the prosecution to view footage he had secured from the pub and this told a tale that was “at odds” with the evidence of gardaí.

It showed that Garda Bentley had “no interaction whatsoever” with Mr Daly prior to his arrest. And it demonstrated that Garda O’Connor spoke to the doormen for a minute and a half after arriving at the scene. Addressing Garda O’Connor, Mr Twomey said; “it shows that you then went to my client; asked him for ID, which he produced as the footage shows; and then 30 seconds later, you push him - violently . . . and when my client did something small like take video footage, you broke his arm, although I accept probably not deliberately,” Mr Twomey said.

Judge O’Kelly said he had “no hesitation” in accepting Mr Twomey’s application to dismiss the charge.