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  • 11-06-2019 1:51pm
    #1
    Sanguine Fan
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭


    Not sure if this is the correct forum but I can't see anywhere else more appropriate.

    I was having a late breakfast this morning in a quiet south Dublin restaurant based in a large shopping precinct. In walked two men each carrying what looked like an automatic pistol in a holster on his right hip. They were shown to a table by the friendly waitress and their food arrived shortly afterwards. They were dressed casually in tee-shirts and jeans. Their clothes had no obvious markings to indicate if they were members of the defence forces, gardai, or a private security firm.

    Maybe this will turn up on some new version of Candid Camera. Otherwise I'm stumped.

    Anyone know what might have been going on. :confused:


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  • #2
    source
    Registered Users Posts: 5,266 ✭✭✭source


    I think they were getting breakfast.


  • #3
    Sanguine Fan
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭Sanguine Fan


    source wrote: »
    I think they were getting breakfast.
    And 'they' are?


  • #4
    source
    Registered Users Posts: 5,266 ✭✭✭source


    Sanguine Fan wrote: »
    And 'they' are?

    Not a clue, and no way of knowing based on your description, but I would hazard a guess that they are plain clothes Gardai.


  • #5
    Sanguine Fan
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭Sanguine Fan


    source wrote: »
    Not a clue, and no way of knowing based on your description, but I would hazard a guess that they are plain clothes Gardai.
    Thanks. You may be right - I know little about these things.
    I've seen armed police in the UK and they were dressed very differently to these guys who did not have any body armour or stab vests.
    I'm still not convinced it was not some sort of stunt. They looked like they had stepped out of a Liam Neeson movie.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Detectives in Ireland are armed and do not wear the standard uniform.

    They were most likely a pair of detectives I would say.


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    source wrote: »
    I think they were getting breakfast.

    op says they were having a late breakfast

    if the two biys landed in after that it could have been an early lunch

    just playing devils advocate


  • #8
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,101 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Deleted User wrote: »
    op says they were having a late breakfast

    if the two biys landed in after that it could have been an early lunch

    just playing devils advocate

    Brunch?


  • #9
    mr cowen
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭mr cowen


    Sanguine Fan wrote: »
    Not sure if this is the correct forum but I can't see anywhere else more appropriate.

    I was having a late breakfast this morning in a quiet south Dublin restaurant based in a large shopping precinct. In walked two men each carrying what looked like an automatic pistol in a holster on his right hip. They were shown to a table by the friendly waitress and their food arrived shortly afterwards. They were dressed casually in tee-shirts and jeans. Their clothes had no obvious markings to indicate if they were members of the defence forces, gardai, or a private security firm.

    Maybe this will turn up on some new version of Candid Camera. Otherwise I'm stumped.

    Anyone know what might have been going on. :confused:

    private security firm...I'd say......:rolleyes:, they do that al the time and all over the place.:cool:;)


  • #10
    Heckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Heckler


    Armed detectives. No security firm in the ROI can carry firearms. It is unusual to see. If it was a stunt/prank its a serious offense to carry a replica firearm in public in a manner that might alarm people.


  • #11
    mr cowen
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭mr cowen


    Heckler wrote: »
    Armed detectives. No security firm in the ROI can carry firearms. It is unusual to see. If it was a stunt/prank its a serious offense to carry a replica firearm in public in a manner that might alarm people.

    REALLY!!!!!!:D


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  • #12
    California Dreamer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭California Dreamer


    I remember saying to a couple of plain clothes lads a few years ago that it was nice to see arms on display. It might act as a deterrant if there was a visable display. I was told that generally they had to cover it up as directed by senior managment.


  • #13
    source
    Registered Users Posts: 5,266 ✭✭✭source


    California Dreamer wrote: »
    I remember saying to a couple of plain clothes lads a few years ago that it was nice to see arms on display. It might act as a deterrant if there was a visable display. I was told that generally they had to cover it up as directed by senior managment.

    True, its the reason for the baton holster and cuff carriers issued. Not supposed to have weapons on display.


  • #14
    California Dreamer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭California Dreamer


    source wrote: »
    True, its the reason for the baton holster and cuff carriers issued. Not supposed to have weapons on display.

    That is a pity. Now I am not saying that every plod should be swinging a gun all over the place but I do believe that if there was a more visual presence on the streets smaller levels of crime might be reduced.


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