Heard Jonah Lomu use this word and was surprised to hear it was a worldwide (well, english speaking) phonomenon. As ever Wikip to the rescue. So you can either take the view that the name was given because it was driven by Irish cops in the US, or because it was frequented by Irish "passengers".
For some reason I assumed it had a UK origin (since I thought "Mick" was the more common phrase for Irish men in the US, Paddy being the UK version. The ladies are always Biddy.... (ouch!)).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddywagon
For some reason I assumed it had a UK origin (since I thought "Mick" was the more common phrase for Irish men in the US, Paddy being the UK version. The ladies are always Biddy.... (ouch!)).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddywagon