Ehhhh, what???Let’s say you go the distance and so do the Gardai - there’s a good chance your name, occupation and address will be given to a news/newspaper reporter.
I hope for your sake that you had a witness to this exchange.I asked if their parents knew where they were and that what they were doing was gambling, that they were too young to engage in such an activity, and I asked why they weren't accompanied by an adult. They responded that their parents gave them the envelopes and “sent them out” to sell them. I pointed out that I wasn't "giving out" to them, that I could be wrong in my assessment of the situation, but to pass my concerns back to their parents. I said they were free to note the number of my house and their parents were free to contact me if they wished.
I think you should have just said no, and gone back to your chores.Thoughts, please.
On cases where only a couple of Gardai would have this detail do you really think they are going to risk their jobs for such a non-story?Let’s say you go the distance and so do the Gardai - there’s a good chance your name, occupation and address will be given to a news/newspaper reporter. Suddenly, yours and you are exposed “bareback.” Do you need that? It’s what happened to me some years ago.
The law is a ferociously technical beast, which is why we have highly trained and paid legal professionals to do the enforcement and interpretation. The proverbial Séan & Síle citizen aren’t competent to do that job. Which why there is an obligation on us to report what we see as wrongdoings and have them investigated.While you may be technically correct in calling it gambling, a club fund raiser is at the other end of the scale to betting on matches or slot machines.
I don't want to speak for the leper but given the reference to the Gardai "going the distance", he presumably envisaged court proceedings...On cases where only a couple of Gardai would have this detail do you really think they are going to risk their jobs for such a non-story?
Not the remotest interest in what it was for, from sending Aunty Mary to Lourdes or Ming Flanagan to space.Did you even ask what it was for? Sounds like a fund raiser for a local team.
And I’m just as sure that their parents, if that’s what you want to call them, care so little for their children, felt it was just too much trouble to follow up.I'm sure the kids have already reported back on what you said. Taking further action will only make people view you as the neighbourhood crank.
There's nothing to go the distance on. Draws fall under gaming rather than the lottery regulations in the act, so there is no requirement on having the operators details printed on tickets. Also, there is no offence defined regarding the sale of such tickets by minors. There's a reason it's common practice all over the country!I don't want to speak for the leper but given the reference to the Gardai going the distance, he presumably envisaged court proceedings...
Perhaps consider their perspective. Their kids come home saying some grumpy old man gave out to them for trying to do what they were asked? I'd imagine most good parents would simply advise their children to avoid said man in the future.And I’m just as sure that their parents, if that’s what you want to call them, care so little for their children, felt it was just too much trouble to follow up.
Ask Leper!There's nothing to go the distance on. Draws fall under gaming rather than the lottery regulations in the act, so there is no requirement on having the operators details printed on tickets. Also, there is no offence defined regarding the sale of such tickets by minors. There's a reason it's common practice all over the country!
Even if it there was an offence and it did go to court, why would a Garda take the risk?
Sorry to hear that. It's shameful that caring and voicing concerns can cost.Suddenly, yours and you are exposed “bareback.” Do you need that? It’s what happened to me some years ago.
Problem here is that you have no idea if a wrong-doing has occurred or not because you did not enquire and get sufficient facts because, as you say, you did not have the remotest interest in what it was for. For all you know, the kids could be selling tickets for a legitimate raffle or lotto, with a permit for it. you may consider it as a "wrong-doing" but it doesn't mean it was illegal.The law is a ferociously technical beast, which is why we have highly trained and paid legal professionals to do the enforcement and interpretation. The proverbial Séan & Síle citizen aren’t competent to do that job. Which why there is an obligation on us to report what we see as wrongdoings and have them investigated.
Why child protection? Are you a risk to young children?child protection services by registered post.
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