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LAST UPDATE | 27 Jan 2022
THE DEPARTMENT OF Transport has issued a marine notice advising all seafarers that the Russian Navy will carry out manoeuvres off the southwest coast of Ireland from 3 to 8 February.
The Irish Government has received a warning of a major exercise by the Russian navy and air force in the Atlantic Ocean, as reported by The Journal last Saturday.
The Department notice to seafarers states: “Given the nature of the planned exercises and the presence of naval forces, vessels and crew are advised of serious safety risks in the operational area. Masters should navigate their vessel to ensure safety at all times.”
The missile test, or range practice as it is known in military terms, will take place in international waters off the coast of county Cork in early February.
The exercises will be undertaken outside of Ireland’s territorial sea but within the Exclusive Economic Zone.
The Department of Transport has said it was advised of the exercise by the Irish Aviation Authority, who were contacted by the Russian Federation. The RF said the exercises will include naval artillery and the launching of rockets.
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Nice the know the British are monitoring text traffic from Ireland, makes me feel all safe and fuzzy inside.
Pity we’re to incompetent to do it ourselves!
@Michael It is being done here by G2 who have offices in newbridge so “we” can do it. Ireland is a part of echelon & shares information with the UK & other countries.
This poor Garda will probably lose his pension now ….not
Which newbridge????
Kildare would be my guess.
Didn’t know G2 operated from the big white elephant in newbridge wonder why they built it there and not the curragh camp
The jewellery crowd work for mi5
Probably lost his pension when he resigned?
Lidl have a major presence in Newbridge. Just saying.
COME ON LETS HAVE THE TRUTH , the con has gone on for far too long and its time to disband the brass in the gardai its ..DISGUSTING
Noirin … THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. its time for the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and now you name
Near the curragh of kildare
Harry, what’s your story? God knows I’m no lover of the guards, but you just seem belligerent – what motivates this?
I reckon Harry’s had that much drink taken now, he’d bate any man..
Welcome Harry. It’s been a while since the last Garda related article. Don’t let it so long until you crawl out from under your rock next time.
i remember you@mike so should the readers for your PR stunts
PR stunts? What are you on about you horrible man. High time you kept your bitterness an seething grievances towards the Gardai to yourself or else take them elsewhere. You are only an attention seeking annoyance here on the Journal.
you made the news @mike and its not good its …disgusting.. cop on
Everything is being watched and tracked. Facebook, twitter, email phones and text …… But don’t say you weren’t warned by Orwell !!
Orwell- A modern prophet
I can foresee the book Animal farm being banned in America.
Its Ironic that this book was written as a satire against the former Soviet Union, the tables have turned 180°
I disagree !
My view is that this planned well in advance and he was privy to the information. 1984 was meant to condition us into accepting the Orwellian police state or yes he was a prophet or the elites used it as a blue print ……. Anyway we are way past 1984 now and it’s getting increasingly worse but in fairness we are allowing it.
“1984 was never supposed to be an instruction manual”
He was neither privy to info nor were his works used as blueprints. He just understood the consequences of particular actions. Look how accurately he predicted the outcome of communist governments in Animal Farm (and remember that was written in 1945, long before communism had the become the bogeyman of the east) and you’ll see he was just a genius. I’d love to know if he’d have been happy or depressed at his predictions being so accurate.
The book that really sums up what’s happening at present when it comes to surveillance is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. He had his finger right on the pulse all those years ago.
I’ll give you a warning, stop chipping at your police force, pay them well and equip them well, or these brain dead cuts will come back in the years to come and bite you in the arse. Orwell I ain’t , this ones obvious.
Mary
Brave new world is a brilliant read. Huxley was differently in the know. When you consider his brother Julian Huxley and his work in eugenics, which ties very much into that book.
Use Orbot. Just Google it :-)
Yes, I enjoyed it very much. Very prophetic.
The Evening Herald has it’s Finger on the Pulse …..
Hopefully the paramilitaries weren’t on the Orange network…
What’s the punishment for treason anyway?
Oh! I deleted a text by mistake, I wonder if MI5 could tell me what it was.
Maybe they were tracking known dessidents in the north and tracked up an incomming text. It’s more likely than randomly picking one text out of the 20 million or so sent every day in Ireland.
Of course our messages are stored for years and a mobile phone is better than any ID card for tracking people.
Why do you think it’s illegal to clone an IMEI number even if you own the two phones and even if they are pre-pay.
Forensics use filters that red flag terrorist buzz words, tagged IMEI numbers, etc so if they had some terrorist on watch they would be recording all his incoming calls and text messages.
Even if the phone was unregistered pre pay they can use voice recognition and cell site analysis to pinpoint to within 15 feet to where calls are originate from. They can also switch on most 3G smart phones remotely and turn them into monitoring devices.
Back to the Nokia 3210 so.
They can also track the joker
So the Garda in question has left the force etc.. so…When did this happen??
He should have used a carrier pigeon
Is it just me or is the real story here that mi5 listening to all our text messages.
Don’t worry, the several gigabytes of information they have on every single one of us since we first used a phone, computer or any form of electronic communication will never be used for evil or coercive purposes.
They are just storing it for posterity.
If the PSNI was contacted then I would suspect it was a NI dissident with a UK number which MI5 was monitoring.
No shit, Sherlock!
Arsehole, Dublin!
No Jonny it is not just you…..but should we be surprised is another question
The Gardai are under funded and as a result we are paying a price for the policing being done on a cheap budget. More Gardai are needed and more money provided in order to provide a decent service. More prisons are badly needed.
Mindfulirish it must be pointed out the vast majority of police are honest, brave and hard working, it was fine gael Alan Shatter that reduced the budget. Even if the monies and resources are there you will always have some rogue cop who is a filthy money grabber or a scab of the police force.
I believe Gsoc are what is needed here and not the police policing themselves.
So a guard is going to investigate a guard. Nothing new there then
He’s not a guard now and the file will be in the control and prosecuted by the DPP
Yea great. So who prepares the file for the DPP ??
Dan the police do but most people do not know that.
Correct me if I’m wrong, wouldn’t a Garda who resigned from the organisation be a civilian now?
entertainers u lads r
Hard to believe a Garda would just text a Paramilitary like that, juvenile mistake. Of course British intelligence monitors everything.
When did this Garda retire?
In any branch of any job u will have a bad egg. I’m not a guard the majority are decent and hard working, tho’ they could ease up on the rosd tax haha, to all you guards don’t let this get u down walk our and meet joe soap he respects you.
A tu till hor
Monkey and organ grinder spring to mind, MI5 what a laugh………
The Minister isn’t as reforming as the government have told the irish people she is.
Cases in the past of Garda cohorts and collusion
Abbeylara same dorty cop as Stardust case. Look how the police cohorts picked on Claire Daly T D , look at the Smithwick report, Cooper report , Guerin report, Flood report all corrution and dirty cops.
If this is so serious why was Gsoc not told. Does the Minister not recognise if filthy liars are in charge of detailing a report they will certainly cover ove their past unlawful activities. The police won’t find any fault while they police themselves. Surely GSOC should be doing the report and investigation.
Her officials in her department in the crime division have finger prints of collusion all over past reports, In crime division there works a dirty criminal.
dan public will we get you to prepare the file you dope who else prepares files on criminal cases barmen or bus drivers
Thanks James for clearing that up. When can I prepare the file. It will take 2 minutes. Text sent from guard to family member who is a terrorist. End of story. Don’t waste taxpayers money pretending it makes a difference , justice smiticks spent years finding out that guards passed info to the IRA and what was done about it nothing. So same here. Forget about it
Smithwick’s conclusion was that unknown Gardai passed on the information and that the three named suspects didn’t do it.
What action precisely would you like the Gardai to take?
Ok Sherlock
Who gave them permission to keep tabs on us ?
The politicians of the day are useless they just exist to be in the pockets of lobbyists for business people. The department of justice must come up with the money and the support for good policing. With terrorism at an all time high it is more important to have a strong police force with all the equipment and resources necessary to fight crime and terrorism.
infainesss shes useless and we all know it
Garth she is a good genuine person but is surrounded by cohorts who changed and gagged truthfulness being allowed near any conclusion placed in the public domain. Adversely she is a good person but as a minister surrounded by people who denied the truth , until they are gone nothing can be reformed. The minister needs outside inspector and advisers if she is to reform the department of Justice. I have proof a person in her Crime division department wrote to the current director of the forensic lab to do up a report that would suppress the truth. The Dr S. wi **s done what she was told. Time to root these people out.
Who is investigating MI5?
We’re good at asking for full reports.
No point in wasting money the Garda are inocent they are always inocent ALWAYS
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