#Decade of Commemorations

# decade-of-commemorations - Saturday 1 January, 2022

# 100 Years On

Timeline of ‘22: Civil war centenary makes for dark year of commemorations

Jan 1st 2022, 8:00 PM 31,537 Views 34 Comments

What were the key developments as Ireland spiralled into civil war?

# decade-of-commemorations - Friday 1 January, 2021

# 100 Years

Timeline of '21: Ireland faces tricky commemorative year as violence leads to Treaty

Jan 1st 2021, 8:00 AM 24,731 Views 27 Comments

What are the main commemorative dates to keep an eye on this year?

# decade-of-commemorations - Monday 2 November, 2020

# Centenary

Major funding for NI centenary set to be announced, as local politicians push for greater role in planning

Nov 2nd 2020, 12:05 AM 22,370 Views 27 Comments

Department of Foreign Affairs officials have been involved in meetings planning the centenary events.

# decade-of-commemorations - Wednesday 8 January, 2020

# Backlash

Charlie Flanagan 'shocked by nastiness and vitriol' he received over RIC commemoration

Updated Jan 8th 2020, 11:01 AM 35,897 Views 136 Comments

The chair of the Expert Advisory Group also described the planning as ‘a bit of a mess’.

# decade-of-commemorations - Monday 6 January, 2020

# Royal Irish Constabulary

Varadkar says it's 'regrettable' that some politicians will boycott RIC commemoration service

Updated Jan 6th 2020, 5:35 PM 49,832 Views 197 Comments

The government recently said it will commemorate those who served in the force prior to Irish independence.

# decade-of-commemorations - Sunday 5 January, 2020

# Cathal Crowe

'Revisionism gone too far': Clare mayor to boycott Royal Irish Constabulary commemoration service

Jan 5th 2020, 11:34 AM 48,928 Views 185 Comments

The government recently said it will commemorate those who served in the force prior to Irish independence.

# decade-of-commemorations - Wednesday 16 January, 2019

# Coinage

A shiny new €2 coin comes into circulation today to commemorate the first Dáil

Jan 16th 2019, 2:20 PM 29,435 Views 24 Comments

One million of the special coins go into circulation this month.

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Poll: How do you feel about gardaí using facial recognition technology to identify suspects?

GARDAÍ ARE SET to be granted new powers to use facial-recognition technology that could lead to the rapid identification of criminals.

The technology enables police forces to carry out automated searches of video footage for suspects in criminal investigations.

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee is expected to announce the move at the Garda Representative Association annual conference today.

The minister will say the introduction of facial-recognition technology will greatly assist murder, child exploitation and missing persons investigations.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) said it is “strongly opposed” to the technology being used by law enforcement, saying An Garda Síochána has a “poor record on data protection”.

“FRT [facial-recognition technology] and other biometric surveillance tools enable mass surveillance and discriminatory targeted surveillance

“They have the capacity to identify and track people everywhere they go, undermining the right to privacy and data protection, the right to free assembly and association, and the right to equality and non-discrimination,” the ICCL said.

So, today we’re asking: How do you feel about gardaí using facial recognition technology to identify suspects?

Poll Results:

I fully support it (5510)

I have some concerns, but am broadly in favour (3298)

I'm against it (2913)

I don't know/I've no opinion (287)

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