@NiallHarbison
Here in Dublin, chatting to a vet the other day. The vet refused to euthanise a 4 year old springer spaniel when it’s owner said it was no longer useful as a gun-dog (injured leg). Instead the vet adopted the dog. 👍🏻
@GardaTraffic
While I do not condone sharing of images, yet again it’s do as we say and not as we do. Seems ok when it’s members of An Garda Siochána sharing images.
@mmcdonaldlewis
@BillboardChris
The Garda was not being informative. He was misquoting legislation, he was threatening arrest for something (“to cause offence”) that isn’t an offence as per the legislation he quoted. He attempted to direct a man away from a public place when he had no power to do so.
@GardaTraffic
While walking along outside
#malahide
Garda station today, I too spotted something peculiar. A vehicle parked in a ‘Garda’ parking space displaying these discs. 😳 I jest, it’s not peculiar at all, and despite the local Super being well aware of this issue, nothing changes 😏
@notSimon961
Folks. These are indeed genuine signs posted on Doctor’s clinics etc. I took this photo at a Doctor’s clinic on Swords Main Street at 2pm yesterday, Friday 26th. 100% genuine notices.
@TraceyOMahony81
Catherine Connolly on the demonisation of unvaxxed people by members of the government and the difficulty in Ireland to have any kind of real discussion on alternative views.
@griptmedia
Nowhere in Section 7 or the Public Order Act 1994 is ‘To Offend’ an offence. The Garda proved his lack knowledge of the legislation, threatened an illegal arrest and attempted to impede on a man’s freedom to be in a public place.
#B302
@mullally_elaine
No different to how
@rtenews
reported
#lockdown
and the ‘travel limits’ of 2km /5kms. The reality was people were fully entitled as per the relevant ‘Statute Instrument’ to travel well beyond ‘their limit’ for a whole host of reasons. RTÉ are simply a PR arm of the
#government
@GardaTraffic
The end of this
@GardaTraffic
video states that one should ‘Never Drive While Distracted’. Good advice. Yet only a short few months ago R49 was observed reversing a marked vehicle from Malahide station while eating potato wedges from a tub lodged between his thighs. 😳
@TraceyOMahony81
For those unfamiliar with Danny Shine , this is satirical. Scary how many willingly give their medical information though, simply to buy a loaf of bread.
@GardaTraffic
You might advise your DMR North colleagues that several of the Gardaí based at Malahide station are driving private vehicles with expired Tax and NCT discs displayed, some expired several years ago. The District Officer is aware but it continues unabated. 😏
@PatriciaMAC10
Santry Station.This Garda and his female colleague have ‘foundation level’ knowledge of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994.Alternatively they’ve been abusing said Act for so long that their understanding of same is clouded by their ignorance.
@gardainfo
@GardaOmbudsman
@ThoughtsToby
Excellently handled by the cameraman. You’re 100% correct. You do not need the ‘consent’ of someone to record their image while in a public place. He also cannot order you to ‘move along’ unless you’ve committed an offence under the Public Order Act 1994. (Strict criteria).
Hazards lights flashing, so in reality he wasn’t blocking the pedestrian crossing.
@ParkRite
traffic warden undoubtedly strolling along by the beach, where the only offence to be found is an overstay in a parking bay.
@Fingalcoco
#malahide
Gardaí hiding inside station.
@YPLAC
@timjmb
@AoifeConnollyy
Ashton pound is long closed down. Half their staff recently in court on animal cruelty charges. This is Fingal’s recently opened pound and where the
@Fingalcoco
Dog warden will take any stray/lost dog >>
@GardaTraffic
You make yourselves out to be all law-abiding “That’s what we’re up against”. The majority of drunk drivers I’ve encountered have been serving members of
@gardainfo
, both on and off-duty… Not one prosecuted though. In fact most were given a lift home 🟦
@gardainfo
It lacks professionalism in every sense. It’s similar to something one would wear while working in a supermarket as a ‘Summer Job’ packing stock. Can’t see it being popular among the members. It’s amateurish at best.
@gardainfo
Nail varnish in breach of organisation policy 🤔. More importantly Garda Radziul would quite happily have prevented Philomena’s family from visiting her during lockdown not so long ago, thereby ensuring Philomena spent many days alone. . We Irish tend to have short memories.
@GardaTraffic
Appears Garda Kerry Harmon wasn’t distracted because she was on an ‘Official work call’. Always good to know that an official work call causes no distraction while a non-official version is deemed highly distracting 🙄
@MyLovelyHorseR
1 of 3 Folks, it’s claimed that the
@gardainfo
are following up. I can ASSURE you , It’s rare that Gardaí take animal-related cruelty seriously. This needs to be followed up with the Superintendent based at Togher Garda station. >>
@PhilipDwyer_MOI
Ah now Philip, not all Gardaí are bad. Sure this Garda in
#malahide
was simply eating his lunch earlier today while obstructing a Dropped Kerb & Tactile paving which those with disabilities rely on to cross the road safely.We’ll ignore the double yellows and lack of a tax disc 🤔
@GardaTraffic
I’m a fan of Roads Policing but whoever compiled this horse-dung of a video needs to go back to school.@ 38 secs, ‘too’ (not ‘to’). @ 39 secs ‘car’s width’ (not ‘cars with’🙄)@ 1:08 horse position is opposite to what the Garda recommends.🧐@ 1:20 ‘Junctions’.(Lose the apostrophe)
@gardainfo
How anyone could take pride in wearing that poorly designed uniform is questionable. I doubt many members of AGS are happy wearing it. Shame on whoever decided to sign off on same. Separately… A little shoe polish wouldn’t have gone astray. At least the females made the effort.
@gearoidmurphy_
@PhilipDwyer_MOI
Mc Devitt, former boy Sea Scout in Malahide, wanted to be a Garda since his early teenage years.. soon after joining joined the ‘Traffic Corps’ as a motorcycle Garda..now he’s a diversity ‘Cig’ who makes up laws on the fly and abuses Section 8 of the Public Order Act 1994 🧐
@HMcEntee
@HMcEntee
Several members of
@gardainfo
were today seen committing criminal acts. Will they also face the ‘full rigours of the law’, or will they evade prosecution like so many members do while serving under Superintendent Ronan Barry within the ‘R’
#malahide
#coolock
@gardainfo
Meanwhile the unclear answers given by the Garda Commissioner at the
@PolicingAuthIRL
meetings regarding the cancellation of 999 calls would indicate a very different policy towards those who look for help from
@gardainfo
🧐 All words, No action.
@HMcEntee
@DeptJusticeIRL
@sarsfieldsride
@LimerickCouncil
The driver of the White Hyundai i40, 171-L-2985 waited patiently to safely cross the cycle lane behind the cyclists, unlike the aggressive VW beeping 231-C-4434 dark-coloured SUV who failed to yield to the cyclists.
@RSAIreland
@GardaTraffic
@DeptEnterprise
@merrionstreet
Your wording as per usual is very misleading. Point 1 states that ‘You must continue to wear face coverings in retail settings’. That is INCORRECT. There are many who are exempt from these regulations as per SI 296/2020.
@TraceyOMahony81
@dunnesstores
Portmarnock, regular unauthorised questioning of customers regarding their non-wearing of face coverings by some over zealous security staff. That’s before customers are even inside the premises. Standing outside in the fresh air and security telling u to put on 😷
@JoannaDonnellyL
@Fingalcoco
Earlier this afternoon,I approached a driver of a Galway-registered Mercedes parked on the area assigned for Emergency vehicle access to Portmarnock beach. Asked him to park more considerately while pointing out that he was parked blocking Emergency access. “And” was his reply 🤨
@courtsnewsIRL
The 10-minute video of Simeon speaking outside the courthouse is well worth watching. Highly-detailed explaining the intricacies of legislation and how members of
@gardainfo
have yet again being found wanting regarding how they construct a case to suit their own agenda.
#malahide
@GardaTraffic
Seems a little excessive of a response. Why seize the vehicle and undoubtedly cause trauma to the children. Simply insist they’re securely seated and follow up with summons/FCPN. You tag
#saferroads
in your tweet, yet a large % of your own members are driving vehicles with no NCT
#howth
West Pier 08/01/22 When asked to move it because of the obstruction, he replied…”It’s on charge”, and “..that’s as far as it got”. To my retort that “there’s always an excuse”, he replied ..”there’s always someone like you”.
@AlanFagan15
Contact this Inspector’s direct Superior. Superintendent Ronan Barry, Coolock station, (Coolock_DS
@garda
.ie ) and ask those same questions. Why were Gardaí not wearing Epaulettes, in contravention of the Garda Siochána Policy on Uniform & Dress Code.
A whole other level of arrogance I hadn’t seen before now. 🙄Parking as tight as possible to his house , completely blocking the footpath and then routing the vehicle charging cable across to his vehicle at waist height.
#malahide
#enjoymalahide
#MakeWayDay22
#makewayday2022
@gardainfo
I wish to report property
#missing
at
#malahide
Garda station. Handed in €100 approx of new packages electrical equipment to Locally based Gardaí recently. They won’t update me on the case, they deny any knowledge of the items, despite my recording of my handing property in.
@GardaTraffic
“Using a phone while driving” is not an offence. What is an offence is the “Holding” of a mobile phone while in charge of a MPV. Something members of
@gardainfo
do on a daily basis.The wearing of the uniform gives Gardaí superpowers causing them not to be distracted.Funny that 😏
@GardaTraffic
Taxi driving through
#malahide
village last year, late evening, in the dark, no lights on. Driver smoking on something that had a certain aroma which wasn’t a cigarette. Local Gardaí refused to stop the taxi as they were doing their briefing. Similar answer from Swords…
@conatycatering
Sadly your staff continue to show disregard for
#pwd
and those who are visually impaired. Dropped kerb/Pedestrian Crossing/Tactile pavement yet this 🤡 parks blocking everyone. Putting peoples’ safety at risk despite an available space behind his van
#malahide
@gardainfo
Ladies and Gents of
@gardainfo
. For the love of God, if you want to appear well-read about history, at least spell the words correctly. 😏 I never envisioned a day when An Garda Siochána would begin preaching about the atrocity that was The Holocaust.
@SimonHarrisTD
@gardainfo
@POTUS
As a gesture of goodwill, the majority of
#malahide
based Gardaí can take the rest of the year off. (It’s not like they’ll be doing much anyway). Lies/No accountability/ Missing property /Missing Drugs /D/Gardaí not knowing difference between law and info leaflets/ untaxed cars🤨
@GardaTraffic
You may want to have a word with the local lads and lassies as well. Regular offenders. They not only park their own private and work vehicles illegally as pictured , their enforcement of Road Traffic legislation is non-existent.
@gardainfo
One would think that during such a high-profile event, the female Garda would abide by her employer’s policy regarding personal grooming. Alas, it’s yet another example of lack of professionalism and non-adherence to policies. 😏
@TraceyOMahony81
As per the Garda tweet, I have ‘Fact checked’, and I’m certain that a large percentage of Gardaí based at
#malahide
do not have valid motor tax or NCT discs displayed on their private vehicles. 😊
@gardainfo
This statement does not apply to a large % of Gardaí who are based at
#malahide
, who for the most part are unsure of legislation, lie regularly to the public, rarely follow up , attempt to dissuade the public from reporting crimes. There’s also a nice % who drive untaxed cars 🤨
@HMcEntee
@GardaTraffic
@RSAIreland
So
@HMcEntee
.. would you condone this member of
@gardainfo
, driving a car while eating potato wedges ? …
#malahide
station but based in Coolock. The vehicle also lacked a current tax disc while private information of individuals was visible on paperwork in the passenger seat.
@D_0D1984
@GardaTraffic
Absolutely agree!Let’s punish those relying on wheelchairs etc instead.They’re a damn nuisance.Expecting to be park close to the doors of shops etc. Next they’ll expect to be able to use footpaths and not be forced onto roadways because of illegally parked cars😱
@struggleiswheel
@SimonHarrisTD
I was assaulted on September 5th last by a motorist after I asked him not to block a pedestrian crossing in
#malahide
. I subsequently reported same to the local Gardaí, unit A but was met by a tyrannical local Garda who threatened to arrest me under the Public Order Act.
#justice
@AmySpnwench
So many breaches of
@gardainfo
policy demonstrated by these Gardaí. I suppose, when you’re ‘led’ by such an abysmally presented Sergeant , you can’t expect the rank and file to be any better. Sergeant L8>>
@Ger_Delaney_40
@GardaTraffic
Any possibility you could use the mobility app on the numerous vehicles parked outside Malahide garda station with expired Tax/NCT discs ? The local Superintendent not surprisingly doesn’t seem too bothered to prosecute those offending drivers. 👮♀️ 🟦
#dorf
@GardaTraffic
R49 informed me that reversing a Garda vehicle onto a busy main road from a side road while eating wedges lodged between his thighs is not illegal. Vehicle also had no current tax disc displayed which R49 said was lawful 🧐 On both counts I’d argue he’s incorrect.
#SafetyFirst
@GardaTraffic
@RSAIreland
Swords based Garda Unit B driving erratically and at high speed well in excess of the speed limit on M1 a week ago. Tailgating motorists attempting to intimidate them to move out of his way. Returning from a midnight jaunt in Dublin City Centre so he was. Far from his district.
@GardaTraffic
… and no epaulettes being worn. In contravention of Garda Uniform and Dress Code policy.
Agreed that it’s poor use of resources. Little risk of collision on a straight road as depicted. Just meeting summons targets. Nothing more.
@Independent_ie
Similar to a Polish dog trainer in
#malahide
who regularly trains restricted breeds off-lead and unmuzzled on the local beach and in local parks, within meters of young children.
@gardainfo
Superintendent Ronan Barry (Coolock) aware but yet his Gardaí don’t know legislation 🤨
@OldNormality
The ‘teacher’ mentioned a hippopotamus & hypothalamus. I think his own hypothalamus may have been a little ‘impaired’. Late night perhaps?
Good to see the sense spoken by the guy in the ‘Leisure’ top. Restoring faith in the next generation. 👍🏻
@GardaTraffic
There’s also quite a few vehicles displaying expired tax discs and NCT discs parked on James’s Terrace, Malahide. Some not taxed for almost 3 years. Different laws applying to different members of the public depending on their employer perhaps ? 🧐
@GardaTraffic
‘Multiple Offences’ detected among SPSV drivers. How people feel safe travelling in taxis is beyond me. So many with backgrounds unknown to the Garda Vetting office. Foreign documents can be forged. Multiple identities. Then there’s this >>
@OldNormality
That’s quite sad to watch. They have no idea how being so compliant is going to absolutely eliminate the little freedoms they still have.
@GardaTraffic
While I commend ‘Road’s policing’ for stopping an uninsured driver, this is a ‘Fish in a barrel’ roadway. A 60km/h zone leading to the M1. It contributes little to road safety. Speed checks within housing estates are what’s required.