Free travel. I can pop up anywhere.

What would you propose they do? Set up search check points at every cross roads in the country?

What do you suggest Lauren ?
The Gardai and Army HAVE access to more information than you or I . The thing is there is only so much that so few manpower can do. There should be more Gardai .The Gardai and Army bomb disposal teams do great work and I am not criticising them , but the politicians who have reduced their numbers should be held accountable . It is worth noting that any number of Gardai can be summoned to Mayo , yet there are viable exploding devices being found , but who is panting them ??? . The Banks have access to Gardai and Army to protect their money in transit …..

As it happens Eileen the banks have to pay for the gardai and army when they need cash escorts

What would you propose we pay all this extra man power with? gratitude?

So the banks pay for private security from State police . Says it all there. By the way I have the utmost of respect for te majority of Gardai. They like the prison service have a thankless job. Maybe it is about time for the banks to pay for their own private security and this in turn would free up gardai and army personnel to carry out duties for the state and the citizens. Shell should also employ more security if they feel so much at risk. You seem to be very defensive. I have good time for the work of the gardai .

Gratitutde does not put food on the table so are you telling us here that shell and the banks pay Garda salaries ? Are you seriously implying that only for Shell and the banks Gardai would not be paid ? Lauren , maybe you should retract your comments , because what you are saying is actually accusing the government of offering preferential treatment and service for money …… I do not think the Gardai will like that .

Naw, fake tan and stretched plastic looking.

Let’s not trivialise the greatest risk to the Irish State since the so ceasefire in Northern Ireland. Increased terrorist activity across the Border including shots being fired at PSNI last month and this sad total of 123 call outs with more than fifty viable devices in the Republic this year alone. This is alarming
and even more so when the National Press is ignoring the matter. Perhaps we should read something into the obvious lack of coverage and also lack of comment from the Department of Justice or Defence.

Mick Collins,
There are more Garda Stations to be closed next year and there is a green paper on Defence due for budget time there is another 12.5 billion euro to be taken out of this economy by the end of 2015, our troika masters have spoken and so it shall be.

Yes they have gone off…with one removing the hand of a young boy in Wicklow! A Nation Once Again,,me arse!