[Paul Healy] An officer with GSOC has resigned amid allegations he attended a party with Gerry Hutch following his not guilty verdict on Monday.

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1. That is fucking gas

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3. Says it’s not clear if they actually did or just said they did

   Wonder is it a case of shouting “bomb” in an airport

4. I’m shocked, *SHOCKED* that a Garda Ombudsman would have connections to a known gangland figure. Shocked!

   Well not that shocked.

5. GSOC investigator resigns over Hutch party claims https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0421/1378435-gsoc/

   ‘’Garda’s National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Garda Anti Corruption Unit are currently investigation suspected leaks of confidential garda information to members of the Hutch organised crime group.’’

   I have very little faith in the guards in dealing with crime, too many stories of corruption amongst them or being incompetent or not arsed to deal with incidents

6. He resigned fairly quickly and didn’t allow due process I wonder why?

7. The whole Hutch trial was bizarre, now this

8. Ireland is too small for genuinely independent investigation of organised crime. In the past high ranking officers have been drafted in from abroad that needs to be the defacto approach.

9. Another link between the garda and the hutch family id say were due a nice tribunal soon, he investigated the garda who shot himself in ballymun but i dont know if it was a investigqtion of the shooting or of misconduct while the garda was alive.

10. If I was Gerry Hutch I would have invited Enoch Burke for the craic

11. There’s been a lot of very, very weird stuff about this case.

12. The cookie is crumbling

13. Organised crime syndicate: we have a guy on the inside:

    Guy on the inside: Heeeeelllllloooo murderfurrrkers! We is so cooler than cucumbers, I tapped the shiiiiite out of the pulse system and guess what? We ain’t getting investigated BOOM!

    Organised crime syndicate: you used a burner?

    Guy on inside: huh?

14. GUBU

15. So he had senior Gardaí and senior people who investigate the Gardaí in his camp? Mad.

16. Does Drew Harris still think dissident republicans are the biggest threat to the state?

17. Absolutely mad story. I read this curious sentence on the Independent:

    ‘It is not clear whether the GSOC investigator actually attended a party or just said he had attend a party which was also attended by Mr Hutch.’

    So possibly just talking shite at lunch time?

18. I listened to a podcast with a former undercover officer in the UK a while back and was amazed at just how easy it was to infiltrate the police. No doubt it’s happening here too. There needs to be more intense background checks and monitoring of Garda staff.

19. Insider

20. With the high cost of living and the poor Garda wages and morale it’s going to be easier for crime gangs to get Gardai on their payroll.

    You don’t even need to do that. A few civilian staff with access to pulse is also easier to setup.

21. “But I was only there to look for directions away from there”

22. Seemingly this lad also investigated the lead detective in the regency shooting case.

    Could turn out to be the first public/ social media era case of proper Garda corruption? I know it’s happened but I’d imagine this won’t be allowed go on the QT

23. Did we ever find out who bugged GSOC back in 2014?

24. Two words for you – Tight pants!