Woman has to collect garda in her own car after burglary!

Judgement Day

Heard this unreal story on Joe Duffy today:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0704/1224319342905.html

It appears that things are so bad now that not only are there not enough gardai but even when they are available they may not have access to a patrol car.

I just checked the price of the new Lexus GS 450h (€60,000) http://www.rev.ie/brian-odriscoll-present-for-the-lexus-gs-450h-unveiling/
and by my conservative calculation the cost of the e-voting machines would have paid for 833 of them! Not, of course, taking into account the discount that would be available for bulk purchasing. I'm not suggesting that the gardai would have needed 833 vehicles in one year and the wasted money would have provided them with vehicles for years or am I missing something.

Fr_Dougal

If da bankers didn't steal so much we'd have monay for cors for the 5-0. :mad:

starbelgrade

Ah Joe, the bleedin e-votin' yokes... y'know them things.. the wudda bort the Gardaz a loada bleedin Lexusiz if yer man wudda sold de bleedin' things to de charitiez Joe.

It's a disgrace Joe, so ir iz.

The King of Moo

AN E-VOTING MACHINE ATE MY POLICE CAR!!

Thatnastyboy

starbelgrade wrote: »

Ah Joe, the bleedin e-votin' yokes... y'know them things.. the wudda bort the Gardaz a loada bleedin Lexusiz if yer man wudda sold de bleedin' things to de charitiez Joe.

It's a disgrace Joe, so ir iz.

And that was Mary from Clontaarf,

And next up we have Bridie from Clontaaarf who thinks there's just too much coleslaw; "its terrible Joe, what happened that we have so much coleslaw, and the teenagers Joe"

Zab

She then drove to the Garda station, which was about a mile from her house...

Had he no bike?

charlemont

Tis all dem drugs thats doin' it, Shur.

kfallon

Hope she had the meter running

DEFTLEFTHAND

I find this somewhat humorous.

Mr. Incognito

Good thing they didn't rob her car too

ArtSmart

starbelgrade wrote: »

Ah Joe, the bleedin e-votin' yokes... y'know them things.. the wudda bort the Gardaz a loada bleedin Lexusiz if yer man wudda sold de bleedin' things to de charitiez Joe.

It's a disgrace Joe, so ir iz.

but how dus dat make you feeel Starbelgrade?

Judgement Day

Well, I'm glad it's a matter of hilarity (I suppose it is AH) but as most of you are probably years younger than me you have a lot longer than me to laugh while you pay extra taxes to put the State back together.

The King of Moo

Judgement Day wrote: »

Well, I'm glad it's a matter of hilarity (I suppose it is AH) but as most of you are probably years younger than me you have a lot longer than me to laugh while you pay extra taxes to put the State back together.

It's a good thing the government's saving money by not paying for police cars then.

Chorcai

1 mile away from her house, lazy Garda more like it.

christmas2012

cut fas and jobbridge - make a huge billion euro saving to free up for more garda recruitment(creating actual jobs),and some extra for cars up and down the country..

Cookie_Monster

I bet that garda is fat.
only 1.6km walk / run.
easily done in 12 mins at walking pace...

ArtSmart

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I bet that garda is fat.
only 1.6km walk / run.
easily done in 12 mins at walking pace...

This from a Cookie Monster?????

frozenfrozen

She would have been able to drive like a mad bitch though, you can speed all you like if you're giving a Garda a lift, and you can drive on the footpaths

southcentralts

If a guard arrived at my house on a bike after a burglary, I would e-vote him out of the house!

christmas2012

thats a how to on killing a pedestrian very dangerous..btw

K-9

It's the GAA's fault Joe, the Croke Park agreement Joe.

hondasam

Chorcai wrote: »

1 mile away from her house, lazy Garda more like it.

Yes he is lazy because he did not walk to the scene of a crime. This will be happening more frequently with all the cut backs.

Pottler

This is the County that gave us Daniel O'Donnel, if they were any more laid back they'd all fall over, so no surprise really when it turns out the cops up there are not exactly dynamos.
I'm surprised anyone up there stirred up the energy to commit a burglary in the first place. Must have been a blow-in.
^I have now put more effort into solving this crime than the Donegal Gardai btw^.

MajorMax

starbelgrade wrote: »

Ah Joe, the bleedin e-votin' yokes... y'know them things.. the wudda bort the Gardaz a loada bleedin Lexusiz if yer man wudda sold de bleedin' things to de charitiez Joe.

It's a disgrace Joe, so ir iz.

Sorry, What? Look At Me Screeeeen!

MajorMax

starbelgrade wrote: »

Ah Joe, the bleedin e-votin' yokes... y'know them things.. the wudda bort the Gardaz a loada bleedin Lexusiz if yer man wudda sold de bleedin' things to de charitiez Joe.

It's a disgrace Joe, so ir iz.

Sorry, What? Look At Me Screeeeen! Jesus is there an echo in here?

Pottler

Nah, it's just the lag between here and Donegal.