Tag: Gardaí
Asylum Crisis: The Irish State Cannot Manage the Decline
December 2023 A culinary dispute at CItywest between Ukranian and Afghan asylum seekers has culminated in arguably the most turbulent weeks in recent Irish history. Flames lapped across the M50 as an outmatched Public Order Unit meant for low-level crowd...
The State’s Response to Anti-Immigration Protests
It would do us well, given the recent unprecedented protests against migration, to take a look at how the State and its various front organisations have responded. Fake Community Groups The first course of action was to implement a plan...
The New Garda Powers Bill — A Cause for Concern?
The scheme of the proposed Garda Powers Bill was brought to national attention thanks in no small part to the claim that failure to provide a password to an electronic device to Gardaí under warrant will itself constitute an offence,...
James “Lugs” Branigan: Lessons from An Era of Paternal Policing
At his retirement dinner in 1973, Chief Superintendent of the Gardaí Patrick Malone — a man not known for exaggerated statements — described Branigan as “one of those people who become a legend in their own time”. Born in 1910...