Another random person hospitalized after unprovoked attack in Dublin city center

Nothing to do with your woke rubbish. Banners used to have a height restriction of 5'5, of course they could do the job.

she has weapons to do her job, she may be missing some colleagues is all.

Do you think luas security guards assault people?

You don't understand policing at all, if you think AGS just need big men 🙄

What are banners ?

just copped it , ban Gardaí ?

What is a banner?

You don't even respect them yourself calling them a banner.

What do you think of these potential banners? What policing could they do? They'd be great at sitting at a desk alright, stamping some passport applications.

Or we could have a police force like in Spain, not many people are going to mess with those lads.

Curious. My first gaff was on portland Street north. Next was by the ifsc (close to Talbot street). After that was the old mill in phibsboro. Never a jot of an issue and I walked everywhere.

Are there problems. Yep. I concor. Bad as you make out, nope.

Find me an article or a job description that calls a female Garda a "banner".

I didn't say that women cannot police.

"Banners" were stuck to making tea and indoor duties for years after they were allowed to join. They also had to quit if they got pregnant. So not quite the same. And while I do believe some female Gardai are well able for the job, some more so than some men, most don't have the physical attributes required for when the incidentn inevitably turns violent. I wrestled with a drunk coked bouncer one night, took 5 of us to bring him down. I'm only 5'6" myself, but it took me and 4 women to get him to the ground. When backup came, we let him up and he started off again, took 2 big men to plant him.

Again, there are female Gardai who are just as hard and able for it, but in general most wouldn't be able for it when push comes to shove. But that's just my experience. I also wish they never got rid of the height restriction, because then maybe I wouldn't have made a massive ~10 year mistake. Very few female Gardai have the "presence" that is oft times required. I also didn't have it.

You could say that we could split the force, have the smaller members doing office duties. But that's inequality. I'd be annoyed if I was getting paid the same as someone who doesn't do the worst parts of the job, ie: responding to/dealing with incidents/investigations. But all of that doesn't matter when the system is designed to punish Gardai for having the cheek to do their jobs.

McEntee is more interested in pushing through horrendous incomplete legislation that could basically make thought crime a thing instead of pushing for body cams (which we wanted for years before I quit over 7 years ago), pushing for stronger legislation to enfore law, pushing for a new prison to be built, arranging proper equipment, taking up a car manufacturer's offer to make custom versions of their cars as patrol cars instead of stick lights and sirens on a standard i-fupping-30 because someone in procurement knows someone working for Hyundai. She could have pushed for a fit for purpose uniform that doesn't make the members look like tv police.

I can't see how any of this will improve in the short term, because everyone in a position of power to enact any change can't see past their own careers and bank accounts. And these same people will NEVER be held to account for causing this mess. Fingers still crossed for that lotto win so I can completly withdraw from society and smile while it burns down around my apocalypse ready plot.

Born raised and live just off western way, so D1/D7 border, haven't seen this dystopian mad Max situation you're talking about. Load of lads drinking and smoking in Dorset st flats but they generally don't venture outside there, never get so much as a glance when I wander home drunk by constitution hill, queen st, Sheridan court, Henrietta st or hardwicke st.

Oh you're proving how old school you are with your logic that 5 foot pipsqueaks can police Dublin City Centre properly.

I was referring to the article that said 50% of applicants failed thr Garda fitness test (which is not that demanding from reading into it). All they're good for is sitting in the station. If a police officer cannot pass the fitness test then they've no business policing our streets. And that goes for all Gardai, male or female. They should be required to pass that test every 2 or 3 years, and if they fail they are put on desk duty til they can regain their fitness.