Garda facing disciplinary hearing for helping elderly man

Shift work, unsocial hours,dealing with drunks, addicts and the general scum of society. Getting looked down on by ordinary people.

Seeing your arrests walk out the door because of an inept justice system.

Getting attacked, getting beaten, being put out on the streets with inadequate equipment.

Wearing a uniform that looks like something like the centre aisle in Lidl.

Doing pointless busy work, paper work and "guarding" policitians houses.

I could go on.

Wouldn't do it if you paid me triple.

You don't even get to wear a fancy uniform anymore.

Not any more it's not.

those joining up in the last decade are on very different terms.

Which shed load of extras?

"Not any more it's not." - https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/11/28/gardai-eclipsed-it-professionals-as-best-paid-workers-in-state-cso-figures-show/

Average pay of almost 70k a reason I'd say

There's most likely a lot more to the story than what's been printed in the papers. It's like all the videos of the Gardaí hitting out at people that always start just at the point where the Garda does something wrong, where's the rest of the video leading up to the Garda doing something wrong?

There is in its arse - it’s not unusual for Gardai to be suspended on full pay for a number of years before being subsequently cleared - it’s a complete waste of taxpayers money for starters coupled with a serious lack of effort on behalf of the investigating team taking that long to come up with zero- he wasn’t even found to have made a minor error - nadda- and it took 3 years .

Hes referred to as having an unblemished record and close to retirement - what way is that to treat someone with such loyal and good service? By all means investigate if you think giving away a bike no one wants merits such an investigation but like 3 years and nothing found?

I was in Aldi Parnell Street recently, the staff wear the same uniform top! Black and the hi-viz in exact same style, odd to see them sitting at checkout attired like that.

Actually average Garda pay is now €82,348.17 per year.

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I think it is a shocking waste of taxpayers money for a Gardai to be suspended on full pay for three years before being subsequently cleared - it shows a serious lack of effort on behalf of the investigating team taking that long to come up with zero. As someone else said, he wasn’t even found to have made a minor error - nadda- and it took 3 years .

Soon he will be getting his 18 months tax free "gratuity" and be retiring on big pension.

I suppose we will never see the report in this case.

I would be interested to know how the process took three years.

Also, if he didn't follow the correct procedure pertaining to property in an AGS station how was he cleared of all wrongdoing ?

And that's just your colleagues, wait til you have to leave the station........

Well yeah, the magnitude is very different but the principle is the same. Theft is a crime, if those supposed to be upholding the law think it's ok for them to do it where are we exactly?

People for years were complaining about how there wasn't any accountability in the Garda, now there is and they're still complaining.

In the interests of justice though they need to progress things quickly and competently which they did not appear to do here.

The whole thing was astonishing.

We want to have guards that are active in the community, that know the people they serve, that go above and beyond are able to do good in a pragmatic way.

This guy had an unblemished record and seems to embody the criteria above, and yet was subject to a three year investigation. It's a total disgrace. Whoever pursued this ridiculous witch hunt should have been investigated and the guard in question should be getting a medal.