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I agree but there is no point in changing the Commissioner unless the whole structure is changed.I thought Jim was quiet poor....had a script, stuck to it. Avoided answering the questions asked and just kept talking about the future and getting things right then. I actually missed hearing Niall Collins waffling.
Commissioner was a terrible appointment from day1. The last thing we needed as another insider. She had sat shoulder to shoulder with Callinan at the Dail hearings when he called whistleblowers 'disgusting' and referred to the Gardai as 'his force' on several occasions.
But, and I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but the Commissioner is a woman !
And so her appointment was met with nearly universal approval, her insider-ness! quickly forgotten, and everyone got a warm fuzzy feeling and felt good about Ireland 2015.
The ideal candidate would be someone from the PSNI who went through the Patton reforms but we may not be mature enough to cope with such a thing. There’s no point in changing the head without changing the body as well. Rank and file Gardai who actually work as police, or Beat Cops as they are known in the USA, are very badly served by their professional and political leaders.Terrible appointment. Sooner gone the better and someone brought in from the US or Australia to bring the Gardai from the 19th into the 21st century
Avoided answering the questions asked and just kept talking about the future and getting things right then.
Story unfolding and it appears it will not go away. Reading between the lines in this weekend's newspapers it appears the rot continues and some of the rotten are coming out from stage left. I reckon there's much more to come.
In view of the latest very serious and worrying developments, should not only the commissioner but also the Garda hierarchy stand aside?
Wow! - (even back in October 2016) I got that one right . . . . One thing that is heartening for me is that the truth always comes out . . . . QUOTE]
Fair play regarding your foresight, Leper. I wish it were true about the truth always coming out........
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