Absolutely. As I said. A strange piece. Most surprised at the tone. If you showed it to me cold Iâd have said it was written before this scandal broke
As the son and grandson of members of An Garda SĂochĂĄna, and as a retired army officer who worked alongside An Garda SĂochĂĄna during the Troubles, I am dismayed at the manner in which policing in Ireland has been degraded and politicised
If elected to the Seanad, I will campaign for root-and-branch reform of our policing service, for its independence from politics and for its proper oversight. I will fight for proper funding, equipment and training for our gardaĂ. The recent tragic murders of Garda Adrian Donohoe and Garda Anthony Golden underline the urgent requirement for proper investment in An Garda SĂochĂĄna.
At a minimum, gardaĂ should have sufficient numbers, vehicles and equipment to deal with the full range of threats and challenges they face daily. These range widely from organised crime to subversives and terrorism, alongside an increasingly frequent multi-agency emergency response requirement. The capabilities and capacity of Irelandâs frontline responders have been hollowed out and degraded by years of austerity. I will lobby for a police force that is fit to make all areas in our cities, towns and parishes safe for ordinary Irish citizens
I thought the article was very odd. Surely if theyâre going to rehash her allegations (which the DPP didnât deem worthy of prosecution) they should have given McCabe the right to reply.
Iâm trying to get my head around it here. Is she maintaining that she was abused by McCabe? If so then fair enough but it needs to be followed up. At no stage does she say she wasnât abused but just confirms that the abuse did not take place in the way originally reported on file. But at no stage does she say that any abuse didnât take place. All she says is that her father didnât put her up to it.
Why dont you setup a whatsapp group and ask themâŚor get that emotional wreck from Laois to setup a poll.
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What is it about you that brings the rage out in posters?
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I think there is a suggestion within it that the DPP may not have fully reviewed her allegations and/or a different version of her allegations went to the DPP
Considering the situation it is reckless from the IT not to be crystal clear around the reporting of this
I donât think reckless is the word. In a situation like this, they, and her, will have been aware of every dot, comma and nuance. Art is right. This is the re-smearing of McCabe.
I know they did. My point was, the article hinted that she felt they didnât adequately investigate it, or even that she feels the DPP didnât get the full story