Absolutely scandalous that a Garda should be charged with anything for doing his job.
Really is a crazy situation. Don’t think Alan should be shouting about it before we know what’s actually happening though.
He’s not wrong but I didn’t know he was still practicing politics
Why was he dropped from Labour?
> The three victims – Dean Maguire, 29, Karl Freeman, 26 and Graham Taylor, 31 – were killed instantly when their BMW burst into flames following a head-on crash with a truck between Citywest and Baldonnel on 7 July 2021 while they were driving on the wrong side of the carriageway.
“Their” BMW?
It’s a terrible decision. This will surely give criminals more confidence because it reinforces their view that those ‘tree angles’ did nothing wrong.
What exactly do they imagine the outcome of successfully prosecuting a Garda over this sort of thing is? Because the only thing I can see happening is that the Gards are less likely to pursue criminals into dangerous or risky situations, meaning criminals will know that going into such situations will allow them to escape, meaning they are even more likely to do it than if they think they’ll be pursued regardless. Those yahoos that were killed were perfectly willing to put the public at risk to escape, and they paid the consequences for that.
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He’s a cunt, but in this case he’s spot on.
Absolutely scandalous that a Garda should be charged with anything for doing his job.
Really is a crazy situation. Don’t think Alan should be shouting about it before we know what’s actually happening though.
He’s not wrong but I didn’t know he was still practicing politics
Why was he dropped from Labour?
> The three victims – Dean Maguire, 29, Karl Freeman, 26 and Graham Taylor, 31 – were killed instantly when their BMW burst into flames following a head-on crash with a truck between Citywest and Baldonnel on 7 July 2021 while they were driving on the wrong side of the carriageway.
“Their” BMW?
It’s a terrible decision. This will surely give criminals more confidence because it reinforces their view that those ‘tree angles’ did nothing wrong.
What exactly do they imagine the outcome of successfully prosecuting a Garda over this sort of thing is? Because the only thing I can see happening is that the Gards are less likely to pursue criminals into dangerous or risky situations, meaning criminals will know that going into such situations will allow them to escape, meaning they are even more likely to do it than if they think they’ll be pursued regardless. Those yahoos that were killed were perfectly willing to put the public at risk to escape, and they paid the consequences for that.