Garda asking for car insurance in shop

Thats rubbish. Assuming the OP is not trolling and had arranged insurance, they they would have had it with them, even a simple email confirming the policy which is standard nowadays. Secondly, the onus is not the gardai to prove that the OP was not covered by an insurance policy; that is for the OP to prove and the simplest form is the disk. However, given it was a new car, they'd have had to revert back to the email or whatever confirmation from the insurer.

Also bear in mind that the OP finished off with this nonsense...

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As for the OP driving off after AGS told them not to drive it, are you really that stupid to think that AGS would not follow up on an action that is deliberately designed to escalate the situation?

The OP wasn't displaying a disk!

Firstly, the OP wasn't really vague about their cover - they said:

To me, this is bullcrap and my interpretation is that they weren't covered and the garda was correct in asking them on it.

Now, driving without a disk and driving without insurance are completely different offences.

When driving witout insurance, the car may be impounded so in the OP's case, they were told to leave it in the car par until cover was in place - sounds like the garda was sound.

Had the garda just given then a FPN for non-display when they believed that there was no cover, would have been negligent especially if the OP or her boyfriend were involved in a subsequent collision.

What do you mean the garda did nothing? The OP couldn't prove that they had insurance cover and the garda asked them to bring their info to the station.

As for virtue signalling, etc. this is just more of "the garda bullies crap" people come out with online. I'm taking for granted that the garda wasn't standing there in the supermarket shouting out loud about the OP's predicament.

They did - they asked the OP to leave the car there until they could prove insurance cover. Proper use of discretion whilst not permittion a potential insurance evader to drive away

It's isn't inappropriate. What would have been inappropriate would be either the gardai waiting outside like eejits for the OP to finish their weeks shopping or else the gardai asking the OP to come outside with them (which would have looked worse as to other customers it would have looked more like an arrest).

Anyhow, as I said, I presue the garda approached the OP and asked them about insurance. The garda didn't chase them around the shop so there's nothing inappropriate except to those who wish to see fault in AGS doing their job in a public place.

You're encouraging gardai to wait outside a shop for an unknown length of time rather than go into it and (as it is a public place) do their job?

It is not interesting except to those who choose to be offended by AGS doing their job.

Given that you don't know what the garda ewas buying, its a pretty daft comment. They could have been buying toilet paper and hand sanitiser for the station. The garda could have bene on a break and getting their lunch. The gardai could have been on their way home! The reality is thar you have no idea but are choosing to view them as being bullies against a potential lawbreaker.

You are assuming that the garda hed time and opportunity to stop them before they went in rather than just seeing them go in and then following them in.

Anyhow, this is a waste of my time so I'm done with your nonsense!