Suicide

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[QUOTE=“The Selfish Giant, post: 1153735, member: 80”]i think the pigs have a lot more responsibility mate
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Do you think their should be an enquiry (judicial) into Sgt Galvin’s death mate ?

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DB may be the Ronan Mullen for the pigs but @croppy had tea and biscuits in the station for months after the incidents in The Grove and Gibneys.

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I would assume any death in the workplace would trigger a H&S enquiry.

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[QUOTE=“artfoley, post: 1153707, member: 179”]where is it saying that there wasn’t an investigation ?
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That’s not what I said. They are saying Sgt Galvin wasn’t under investigation, it was just a by the way, routine interview they had with him. In the context of relations between GSOC and Gardai, that’s a stretch.

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That’s a bit of a stretch. GSOC didn’t put the gun in his hand

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what part exactly are they responsible for?

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do you think that if the gardai were conducting an investigation into somebody’s death and that witnesses evidence didn’t tally with CCTV that the gardai wouldnt call them back in for interview under caution to clear up the inconsistencies ?

the AGSI are gunning for GSOC and have been since it was set up.

there’s no evidence that GSOC ineptitude contributed to the garda’s death. there is evidence that garda ineptitude contributed to sylvia roche kelly’s death, where was redmond and AGSI screaming for a commission of inquiry and a JR then ?

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[QUOTE=“HBV*, post: 1153760, member: 234”]what part exactly are they responsible for?
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Have you been following the story ?

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WTF :eek:

The Garda SĂ­ochĂĄna Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) admitted to the Irish Independent last night that Sgt Galvin had in fact been cleared ofany wrongdoing five days earlier but a formal letter confirming this had not been issued.

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yes, he committed suicide. It appears there was no requirement of gsoc to inform Mr Galvin that the investigation was complete within any number of days let alone 5. You will need to point out where gsoc have erred here.
Its a terribly unfortunate incident but maybe the Gardai should be searching to see what they and the Unions that represent them could have done for their colleague while he was under investigation and whether they formally checked his well being at any stage.

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A tragic case but I’d tend to agree that the people in AGSI are using it to go after GSOC which is pretty unfortunate

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[QUOTE=“thedancingbaby, post: 1153768, member: 48”]WTF :eek:

The Garda SĂ­ochĂĄna Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) admitted to the Irish Independent last night that Sgt Galvin had in fact been cleared ofany wrongdoing five days earlier but a formal letter confirming this had not been issued.[/QUOTE]

Why would he have had reason to believe he was going to jail (let alone be suicidal over it) if he was innocent (as the GSOC report proved)?

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[QUOTE=“thedancingbaby, post: 1153768, member: 48”]WTF :eek:

The Garda SĂ­ochĂĄna Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) admitted to the Irish Independent last night that Sgt Galvin had in fact been cleared ofany wrongdoing five days earlier but a formal letter confirming this had not been issued.[/QUOTE]
the letter comes from the DPP, not GSOC

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Yes, according to Morning Ireland, GSOC inform the DPP who in turn inform the “defendant” (for want for a better word). For an office as busy as the DPP I don’t think 5 days is unreasonable.

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So if you were being investigated and were cleared of any wrongdoing, it wouldn’t bother you if you were not relayed this within 5 days. It would bother me anyway but each to their own.

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nothing to do with gsoc.
and artfoley confirmed this above, the correspondance doesnt even come from them.

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This smacks of double standards from the Gardai, who aren’t exactly known for the speed at which they conclude their own investigations.
With regards him going to jail, is it not standard practice for Gardai to use the line “you’ll end up in jail for a long time” when they are interviewing people

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[QUOTE=“TreatyStones, post: 1153782, member: 1786”]Yes, according to Morning Ireland, GSOC inform the DPP who in turn inform the “defendant” (for want for a better word). For an office as busy as the DPP I don’t think 5 days is unreasonable.
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That’s true, but from reading between the lines, Fitzgerald more or less said on MI earlier in the week that the DPP hadn’t been notified of their findings.

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so what if they havent. There is a process in place and they were following the process. If this guard was unstable or worried about it then his employers should have managed the situation better

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Pot. Kettle. Black.

Was she ever found btw ?