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UNARMED GARDAÍ INVOLVED in conducting posts outside the homes of at-risk members of the Hutch family are having their safety details reviewed after members voiced their concerns to management, TheJournal.ie has learned.
Uniformed members of An Garda Síochána were placed outside some high-risk gangland targets this week due increased fears of a threat to the North Dublin based family.
The gardaí belong to the Dublin North Central district.
However, the officers were only armed with their batons. There have been calls for rank-and-file members to be issued with Taser guns.
Armed patrols put in place in response to the recent ratcheting up of gangland violence remain in place across the city, and can respond to incidents in the areas covered by the uniformed members.
However, the gardaí posted outside the homes of the suspected targets fear that they will not be able to protect themselves in the event of a gun attack – as it may take some time for the armed members to respond.
When TheJournal.ie asked the Garda Press Office if management in Dublin’s North Central district are reviewing security arrangements in light of concerns raised by officers, we were told:
An Garda Síochána do not comment on security matters.
While the Garda Representative Association (GRA) said it could also not comment on the specifics of the review, it said the safety of members was paramount.
A spokesman said:
Everyday, our members walks towards danger so that the public may walk away. They often work in a hostile environment and everything needs to continue to be done as between ourselves and garda management, to put every protection in place to ensure all their safety.
It also emerged on Thursday that a member of the Hutch family was the target of yet another gangland murder attempt. This man lives in the Wexford area and is a well-known target for the Kinahan cartel – having escaped a previous attempt on his life.
Thursday’s arrest has shown gardaí that the Kinahan/Hutch feud, which has claimed the lives of 14 people in two years, is not a Dublin-only issue.
The feud itself has, for the most part, remained in the greater Dublin region.
Assistant Garda Commissioner John O’ Driscoll gave this update on the force’s efforts to tackle organised crime this week:
“We stated on numerous occasions that our efforts at tackling organised crime, particularly where it gives rise to threat to life, is unrelenting.
Those within the world of organised crime who display a total disregard for human life remain within our focus and we are determined to cause them to be arrested, charged and where the courts determine there is sufficient evidence, convicted and incarcerated within our prisons.
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All houses already come with a built-in app to check if there’s a power outage in your area… its called a light switch. :-)
Couldn’t that just mean your trip has tripped?
..Then simply get a chair from the kitchen and get up and check! :D
What is the definition of a shock absorber? A: A careless electrician.
I’ll get my coat.
Just because the power to your house is gone doesn’t necessarily mean there is a power outage in your area. It could be a fault in your own electrical installation or it could be that the ESB main fuse has blown. So, no … the light switch is not “a built-in app”.
I hate when your in the middle of typing something and the pow
Are released?
Waterford also had a power outage…
Non story.
Where the hell is Waterford?
@Sean
That’s a bit harsh, just because a town/city is outside the capital doesn’t make it any less important, if that’s what you’re implying.
A bit of balance would be great. Pretty much a third of the city was out this morning. Big deal in my book
Where’s Daltry?!
That would be Dartry… have fixed the error!
I was thinking :-P
Roger Daltry from the who, he passed out powerless last night
Whatever happened to ‘power cut’ ?
Who decided it was to be called by the American version ‘outage’
The technical term in the power systems industry is ‘outage’.
@Catriona
Interesting, and you sound like you know what you are talking about.
How do you know this ?
When did it change in Ireland ?
Ballsbridge was in the dark this morning? There must be a wise-crack about that….!
I note one of the the dialogue boxes on the Powercheck website says: “Service Interruption Message:
We apologise for the loss of supply. We are currently working to repair a fault affecting your premise and will restore power as quickly as possible.”
I’m afraid someone in ESB Networks doesn’t know the difference between “premise” and “premises”.
Premise: A previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion.
Premises: A house or a building.
Is the website up and running? Just tried checking the page and it doesn’t seem to load properly.
It should be fixed now if you try it again
Just tried it again… accessed it differently and it works fine.
You can always trust the ESB to deal with current events.
Must be a slow news day!!! The rest of Ireland could have no power but the poor dubs have to have a story loike!
In a word, SO!!
Bleedin frankenstorm.
Power was off in Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 for three hours last night.
Power outage for approx 3 hours in parts of Greystones this morning also.
Power, we have know water since yesterday evening :-( Glasanaon road, D 11
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