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TWO GARDAÍ ARE recovering from injuries they sustained in an assault yesterday evening in Dublin.
The two gardaí in their 30s are understood to have stopped a motorcycle in the Landen Road area of Ballyfermot, near Markievicz Park at 5pm. It is believed they were attempting to seize the bike from a youth when they were attacked.
A garda spokesperson said the men were “badly assaulted” and both needed hospital treatment. Both are understood to have sustained facial injuries and one remains in hospital this evening.
No arrests have been made but inquiries are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact Ballyfermot Garda Station.
The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has estimated as many as 1,000 gardaí a year are assaulted, in a force of less than 11,000 men and women. The organisation has been calling for specific legislation to define strict sentencing terms for anyone who assaults a member of An Garda Síochána in the course of their duty.
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100% there needs to be heavy punishment for anyone who assaults a member of the Garda. The majority of them are doing there best to keep us safe in our homes and communities. These individuals need to treated severely. Anyone with convictions on a regular basis should receive no state entitlement as there are contributing nothing to the state. Invest the savings into Garda resources and recruitment.
Time something was done about assaulting Gardai, it’s happening too much
We need a few owld judges to get the crap kicked out if them and then you would suddenly see the beaks hsnding down appropriate sentences….
…handing down…..
Is it time that we started to arm our Garda with Taser guns at least?? No one needs to go to work expecting some potential of violence without having an adequate form of defense.
It’s past time for Minimum Mandatory sentences of 5 Years rising exponentially for each charge of assault on any Gardai, Prison Staff, Fire Fighters and Medical Staff.
In this case 2 Gardai assaulted = Minimum 10 year sentence with no remission, if only the minimum sentence is applied.
It’s also time to bring back the “Hard Labour” concept and introduce Chain Gangs into our Prisons.
Prime example of where it works like a dream is Maricopa County in Arizona run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio. His chain gangs carry out menial labour tasks around the county saving the local taxpayers millions of dollars each year. He also uses convict labour running the county animal pound.
So instead of having convicts that are not willing to either educate themselves or learn industrial skills while in prison and just walk around the yard or play snooker in recreation halls they can be made to be useful to society by simple physical labour.
And if you dont want to comply with the work regime. Then you stay locked up 23 hours per day with your TV stations limited to CBBC, The God Channel or Peace TV, your food to be the same meals every single day, your visits to be limited to 1x 30 min per month same with phone calls and letters.
now there’s a good plan !
Could be time to arm the boys in blue, getting battered regularly now.
Don’t arm the guards. Punish the parents who raised these runts
arm the cops, shoot the scroats.
Arm the Garda, give them the tools to subdue the parasites of our communities. Taser guns and other non lethal weapons should be the minimum tools of the job Stop pussy footing around and give the Garda the tools that they need to effectively protect the rest of us law abiding citizens.
Punish Enda Kenny, he is the fault of all this, since he is Taoiseach things are going from bad to worse, one solution give him the boot and never let the blue shirts run for election again.
After the age of about 12 you can’t blame the parents. People need to take responsibility for their own behaviour and stop blaming their mum and dad for neglecting them as children.
A 12 year old is still a child; as is a 13 and 14 year old…
Yes they are children but they need to learn some self restraint and self responsibility. They are their own selves. Almost never are their mums and dads aren’t forcing them to commit crimes as teenagers so it time to stop blaming the mums and dads.
Blame the parents for not teaching them to respect other people and property….
As a person with a few gardai in my family I certainly hope they do not get armed… Well with guns anyway.. Tasers yes without a doubt. Introducing guns opens up the possibility of criminals using guns against the gardai which thankfully isn’t a common occurrence against the force.. I reckon it would be very hard to live in the US if you have a Cop in the family. The poor families must be in constant fear!
Twit where I live the police are all armed, its no big deal
I would always prefer to see a criminal in intensive care than a member of the Gardai, being armed like their colleagues in the PSNI would be a deterrent too.
@Gus Look at all the gun related crime the psni have to deal with.. I for 1 am glad I don’t generally fear that a gun maybe used in a crime that my family members deal with.
Jesus, imagine living in a lawless kip like Ballyfermot. Save me the ‘there’s plenty of decent people in Ballyfermot’ line.
ah places like ballyfermot exist for people like you to look down on…muppet…..there are good people everywhere
Well, if you love it so much you should move there, just make sure to wear a protective face mask. Pretending every part of Dublin is the same is delusional, some parts, like Ballyfermot, Tallaght and West Dublin are full of poorly raised scrotes who are running amok, play the ‘posho’ card all you like, I live in old Dublin in the city centre, so you can both kiss my @ss and go back to the drawing board.
what an ignorant man you are, who are you to pass judgment
Yeah, so you can give it but you can’t take it? You say nobody in Ballyfermot is any good, and then get upset when someone insults you? Right. I’m regularly in Ballyfermot, have never once needed a bleeding protective mask. I’m also already living around Tallaght, and it’s not like that. There’s some dckheads everywhere, and lots of good people. If you genuinely believe you can tell whether or not a person is good based on their address then you’re very naive, and you should be more careful. Bad people live everywhere. Stay safe.
What worries me is the number of people who gave his comments green thumbs. A lot of people are snobby dicks.
Richard I am one of the MANY decent people from ballyfermot. Yes there are issues of anti social behaviour here but as there are everywhere. I would love to know what your comment is based on what Experience you have of people from ballyfermot because I can assure you of one thing it is very wide of the mark. I can assure you that you are now better person than many people from ballyfermot. What do you do that makes you such a good person.
Richard you’re an idiot. I live in Ballyfermot and have raised five amazing children. Three of them have university degrees an yes they are working. One has her own business and the other is a full time working single Mother who neither expects on gets handouts from the state.
I have wonderful neighbours with similar families.
I agree we have our fair share of criminal and anti social people’s but don’t you dare tar a whole community with the same brush. I will finish as I started. Richard you’re an idiot
Is it my imagination or is Ballyfermot appearing more and more on the news recently for various serious crime including shootings, stabbings and asaults?
No, its not imagination however it’s just easy fodder. Incidents all the time down there that aren’t reported on, slow news day. Not that this isn’t news, just easy to report on.
Small bit of balance to that post, theres incidents everywhere that arent reported on.
Why baz,because on one hand I’d like to see the Gardai armed and on the other I’d like to see them remaining as they are.For me it’s a catch 22,as both scenarios have their own weaknesses.
You give them more powers,it infringes on our civil liberties.Leave them as is and read about these assaults more often.Bit of a catch 22.
Of course they need more powers for god sake ! We are not back in the 60′s anymore! What would you do if a guy/girl stuck a knife/ gun in your face! ?? Exactly nothing ! The same thing a guard does ! Would it happen In the U.S.? I don’t think so!!
Why would you compare us to the U.S.?
I was comparing if this type of situation happening in the U.S. Nicholas ??!!
I know. I was just curious as to why you pick the U.S.
For the record I agree with your point and we need to change, I just don’t understand why we would want to compare ourselves to the U.S.
Two cops can’y handle one youth?
Something wrong there.
Got smacked in the face with the helmet I’d say. Shouldn’t have happened though.
Not if the cops were prepared for resistance.
Badly trained.
Certainly, some Gardai need some kind of defensive weapon, as more a deterrent than to be used, but they should be able to carry something, like pepper spray. And only allowed in the most vulnerable areas. But for the most part, the regular Gardai should not need or have it, they are the communication in troubled communities, they are the guys and gals dealing with situations, and they are trained to deal with it.
so the guys red thumbing think the garda are due a beating. Class.
Jenni go to bed, you’ve to be up for school in the morning. Get the teacher to go over English grammar again will you? Thanks.
And should have to defend themselves against a physical attack, with no help. as a woman, i am not allowed to carry a weapon. but i carry a bottle of the most horendous perfume in my bag, and in my hand should i be alone..till i get home. whats the difference…well actually, I have more rights than the Gardai, to spray my rank perfume
FU adam…and i deliberately spelt that with an a. Now that you are a psycologist..guess why. And if you cant figure it out, stay out.
You haven’t a clue what your babbling about there jenni. Do yourself a favour and do a bit of research into sentence structure and grammar before posting here. Your argument with some structure may make sense, who knows? Also when you “FU” someone, you’ve lost the argument completely.
They do have pepper spray. Not much use if the perp has a helmet on though.
Good man Dave you goul!!
that feckin belfasts a really feckin bad auld spot……..oh hold on there a cotton pickin moment
Be guy a kid perhaps takes out two Garda !? Who is he ? Jason borne? James Bond ? Ethan hunt?
A man with a certain set of skills!! It seems very extreme for a guy on his own to assault two experienced members of the force in broad daylight over a motorbike. I wonder if they got abusive or extra smart and overstepped the mark with the guy, who then overreacted himself? Of course he could have been intoxicated or on drugs making it an even more dangerous situation.
In a time in this country where the State and its minions treat people with a lack of respect there will always be ‘ the straw the broke the camels back’, it’s unfortunate for the boys in blue but they’ll get well compensated for it when they take a court case next year. They’re lucky they didn’t carry weapons or by the look of this situation we would be talking about two dead Garda. Very fortunate
The youth wasn’t on his own. Other outlets reporting that they seized a scrambler bike which was causing hassle to local residents and other safety issues. When they tried to take it a large gang turned on them. Apparently one got his jaw broken and another received a broken nose. Wish them both a speedy recovery, tough job.
Something should be done about Gardai assaulting innocent members of the public protesting against water charges.
Time something was done about the Gardai assaulting members of the public protesting about water charges.
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