Garda - Not all above the law....

It says he subsequently left An Garda Siochana. Surely he was fired?

More than likely quit before he could be fired. AGS is not like a normal employer, it's more akin to the military in its structure. Before they could fire him they would need to conduct an investigation and he would need to be found to be in breach of the Garda Siochana Act before they could fire him. He most likely knew that he was done and jumped ship before this could happen.

It seems like a very light sentence for what reads as attempted murder with his kids as witnesses! That poor woman what her mind must have been going through with the kids present. Surely he should have got double due to being "a pillar of the community" or whatever cr*p will be spouted about him.

so gardai should be treated differently to citizens, particularly if they break the law?

You have to laugh that he was "off his face" on coke while being an active Garda at the time. Like, life is just a game isn't it.

He's not the only guard who likes to sniff coke or smoke hash. I would say a good portion of the younger guards like to 'party' :p But it's funny as these are the same people who are meant to seize drugs and bring them back to the station. Let's be realistic here, said Garda in question probably stopped someone, seized his coke while saying to himself: that's me sorted for Saturday. lol.

It's all a game.

I know you have your big stick out prodding and looking for a good ol' classic internet forum argument. You tried it with the op, now moving on to someone else. The mistake you made is that you thought people wouldn't notice.

I remember buying fireworks off the local garda a few times at halloween :)

...any chance of his number

A great bunch of lads and ladies

An Gardai Siochana with their reduced perks have attracted a lot of the wrong crowd recently. The no skills is perfect for a brainless yobs that are happy to just say yes to their Sargent

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Never assume 😉

yes, we have a legal system to deal with this, but his psychological issues need to be dealt with, within the system, but they probably wont be, which increases the potential for him to offend again, possible even worse

I seem to recall some case years ago of a Guard getting convicted of something and his solicitor or barrister appealing to the court that the custodial sentence would be unfair on a Guard as they'd be put in with criminals they helped convict which meant prison was far worse for a Guard. And then the judge agreed and he didn't have to serve his time. Something like that. Could be misremembering though

tis to the addicted mind