What do you even call this? Funeral procession joyride maybe?

Road Traffic Act 2010, Section 87 (irishstatutebook.ie)

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A few comments on Facebook were "RIP unlke Deano" so a few inbreds still view the dregs as some kind of martyr.

The only good thing those three did in their lives was making themselves extra crispy. Unfortunately I think two of them had already bred so those sprogs probably are already emulating their fantastic fathers.

It was brought up because the GSOC officer requested an adjournment. Why he requested the adjournment nobody knows yet, because they haven't released any details whatsoever of the charge.

I never said it was a traffic violation or anything else because I have no way of knowing what it was, you are asking for details nobody has.

Without knowing the charges or evidence it's hard to state anything with certainty. But if the guy overstepped and caused fatalities then he should be charged. Trust in the gardai is the most important thing. So there should be a transparent and public process for this.

Mind telling me how he caused them to drive on the wrong side of the dual carriageway with no lights on?

This is the end of any criminals being pursued and they know it!

I think GSOC have done a great job undermining themselves with out anyones help. A joke of and organisation.

Reminder of the classy funeral

A poster which pays tribute to the burglary talents of one of the three criminals killed in a horror N7 smash has gone viral on social media.

Dean Maguire was one of three men killed on July 7 when their BMW ploughed into a truck on the N7 and burst into flames.

The father-of-two's funeral mass took place at St Mary's Priory church in Tallaght, Dublin yesterday morning.

Before the private mass got underway a number of wreaths, offertory gifts and memorials were placed in the church, a torch and screwdriver, as well as cigarettes, his cap, newspapers, his keys, a Canada Goose jacket and his registration plate.

A poster was also created which featured a collage of images of the departed burglar reading: "RIP Dean. You know the score, get on the floor, don't be funny, give me the money."

I think the rule in the UK and probably here is that a guard/constable can't follow a car going the wrong way on a motorway - the scum know this and that is the first thing they will look for as an escape route.

We don't know the charges to be brought against the guard but it could be as simple as them not being qualified to pursue on blues & twos (which is another ludicrous situation in itself)

And possibly the charge could be that the guard was doped to the eyeballs and had a teen prostitute in the back of the car.

I don't know, nobody does, which is why it is ridiculous for people to be whinging and crying about the GSOC bringing a charge without knowing any of the details.

What will all the people crying "disgrace" say if it turns out the guard did do something that was bang out of order?

Yes a complete and utter disgrace, regardless what the charge and the circumstances surrounding it turn out to be.

You don't see what one has to do with the other and I think they go together like love and marriage! Or at least I think they should go together but maybe I'm old fashioned.

Yes, if a garda breaks the law it should be dealt dith accordingly....if scumbags break the law they should be dealt with too...I don't see that happening when they are walking around with multiple, multiple convictions for sometimes the exact same types of offences.....what happens to repeat offenders in this country is in most cases a joke imo

And while I take the point one might perhaps separate the two it somehow doesn't feel right when the people who go after the guys that make a living out of robbing peoples homes could potentially be the ones facing consequences IF they make a mistake trying to prevent the criminals commiting the crime meanwhile in many cases the actual criminals get to walk out smiling multiple multiple times......

Perhaps you might even argue the police should be held to a higher standard, fine but as far as I can see most of the criminals aren't held to much if any standards at all unless they get to a certain level where they become too big a problem to ignore or they are so low level they are useful idiots and fill a quota for a revolving door.

Looking from the outside I'd have a hell of lot more sympathy for the police officers in this case and indeed the truck driver...I'd take a very dim view of anyone going after the police officers unless some gross misconduct is discovered given what we do know about the people they were after.

I don't see any justification for the system going after the police if it doesn't go after the actual criminals and apply meaningful consequences in a timely fashion....these are real consequences for that police officer(s).... whereas the bullshit I read about year after year are simply not real consequences for criminals, I think its all aresways tbh

I think what you said above cuts to the heart of the matter..

"If the Garda broke the law, then it should be dealt with it accordingly

If anyone else does the same, well the same applies"

so I suppose my problem is that the same doesn't apply in this country, it hasnt applied for a long time, most of the real consequences seem to be for the morons that toe the line .... not Sir James Scumbag Esq.

What's good for the goose and all.

What next? Some ambulance or fire brigade driver prosecuted for speeding to the scene of an incident, breaking a red light or two along the way.