21 thoughts on “On Patrol”

  1. D-troll

    i was in the city yesterday. very calm. think the bars/restauarants having tables outside changed the dynamic. great atmosphere. hope they have these tables out every summer

  2. Broadbag

    Why are their pants/trousers/lower uniforms so baggy and ill fitting, is it a one-size fits all bargain lot of baggy pants?

    1. GiggidyGoo

      Bicycle clips, to stop the flow of diarrhea when they do eventually have to deal with public order incidents.

      I don’t see any public order issues above.

      Jackboot types, on the instructions of Harris/Varadkar/Martin, playing the ‘hard man’.

    2. Cú Chulainn

      The uniform is shocking, from an aesthetic pov.. compared against our European neighbours our boys and girls in blue look like a sack of potatoes.. you couldn’t take someone in that get up seriously..

      1. Kdoc

        I think it’s designed baggy for ease of movement, like military fatigues. I’m sure they have a dress uniform for formal occasions when they don’t have to throw shapes.

  3. Johnny

    A large number of gardaí were on duty and videos, circulating on social media, show officers, with batons drawn, advancing up South William Street-5 juveniles were arrested and detained.

    -On whether the Gardai were heavy handed in their approach Ms Chu said: “The control that the guards had in relation to the batons- I still haven’t found someone to tell me whether it was excessive or not – but I do know that when you are having bottles and missiles thrown at you, then that’s an issue.”

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    What happened is deeply regrettable,” Mr Ryan said, adding “what we don’t want is baton charges and what we don’t want is shields.

      1. Johnny

        As first ethnic Chinese mayor of a major European capital her position (s) are fascinating and extremely divergent from Ryan’s.

        Her last gig was head communications at Diageo,so no mention of Ireland’s binge drinking culture promoted by Diageo,the ease of access by teenagers to booze,the normalization of excessive alcohol consumption…

  4. GiggidyGoo

    Members of the Garda Síochána do not have to wear a face covering when performing their duties

    1. ce

      But some of them do because they are not stupid and/or willfully ignorant to the fact that there is a worldwide pandemic… and when they are not bashing teenage drinkers…. and/or scrotes… they get to be up close and personal with lots of people in all manner of situations…Of course you could write to the Minister for Justice or even the Guarda Commissioner to remind them that Guards don’t have to to wear face covering when performing their duties… you might even discuss it with the members of the force who you come across on a daily basis… I’m sure they’d feel incredibly enlighten by the information you could give to them… you might even point them to inconclusive studies that suggest that facemasks are useless for viral diseases… you could inform them that they are over reacting and Covid is simply a bad flu… and that all we really have to do is protect the vulnerable…which of course no Guard ever actually does on a daily basis…keep up the good work

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