Dermot Ahern on Guantanamo

daveob007

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Ahern comes under fire on Guantanamo

Herald.ie WebSearch By Cormac Looney


Thursday January 22 2009

Under fire Justice Minister Dermot Ahern now wants to offer homes to prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.

The Minister who was told "to get off his backside" and do something about the Dublin crime crisis by a respected ex garda has now turned his attention to an American problem.

In yesterday's Herald, former Detective Inspector Brian Sherry said Ahern was not doing enough about the explosion in gang violence so far this year.

It's also been revealed within the force that overtime cutbacks have led to a curtailment of armed patrols in the city.

At the same time, many seasoned murder detectives are being tied up on painstaking media leak inquiries.

Now the Justice Minister is busying himself with the idea of taking in inmates the US suspected of being al-Qaida members from Guantanamo.

The Government may be willing to resettle some of the remaining 245 detainees, Minister Ahern said.

"While all countries will have to have regard to difficult security issues which arise, Ireland would, of course, be prepared to play its full part," said Ahern.

Herald columnist Gerry O'Carroll meanwhile said Ahern was increasingly seen as a bumbling "right on" incumbent in the Justice Department.

"First, he makes representations for Real IRA chief Mickey McKevitt, now he wants to take foreign terror suspects in here.

"He made this decision without any recourse to Dail debate or public debate on the matter.

"Why does he want to import an American problem? "It seems strange that in a week when our home grown drugs terrorists declared war on the State in Tallaght and Finglas, that Ahern is more concerned with offering B&B to Middle Eastern terror suspects.

"He'd be better occupied getting his own house in order. Criminals are killing almost at will on our streets," he said.

ANDREW LYNCH, PAGE 14

- Cormac Looney

hi all
just got a letter from the minister of justice this morning regarding a question i had regarding the pistol ban.

the new bill be be published in a few weeks detailing the new ban.
current owners will be allowed to keep their guns but new applications will only be granted in regard to olympic shooting ie .22 calibre.
looks like the tactical pistols are ok for the moment for those who have them such as glocks,sigs etc.
but these will be under constant review and could yet face a ban in the future. it depends on the level of threat to the public from gangland murders and the possibility that innocent people might get hurt or killed.
a bit unfair really because its not the sporting guns that are causing the problem.
all range operators have been called to an urgent meeting in the coming weeks to discuss new guidelines for range operating procedures and after that the new bill be be published.

Serenity Now!

daveob007 wrote: »

hi all
just got a letter from the minister of justice this morning regarding a question i had regarding the pistol ban.

the new bill be be published in a few weeks detailing the new ban.
current owners will be allowed to keep their guns but new applications will only be granted in regard to olympic shooting ie .22 calibre.
looks like the tactical pistols are ok for the moment for those who have them such as glocks,sigs etc.
but these will be under constant review and could yet face a ban in the future. it depends on the level of threat to the public from gangland murders and the possibility that innocent people might get hurt or killed.
a bit unfair really because its not the sporting guns that are causing the problem.
all range operators have been called to an urgent meeting in the coming weeks to discuss new guidelines for range operating procedures and after that the new bill be be published.

Yeah...erm...great?????? (why are you telling this in a thread about Gitmo?)

vengeancepuppy

What's the point in offering these people residence in Irelan? Why would they want to come to Ireland?

Ahern has no idea about how to manage anything he's responsible for so he's just grasping at straws in an attempt to remain somehow relevant. What a douche!