Drunken Gardai rewarded with gun and taoiseach

national | miscellaneous | news report Sunday December 01, 2002 22:40 by Phuq Hedd

Road fatalities are up, Gardai are corrupt, politicians reward Gardai

Nice little story in The Sunday Independent about a Garda that smashed into a woman stopped at a Garda checkpoint 5 years ago. He was dealt with leniently by the judge. No Gardai have ever been expelled because of drunk-driving.

Meanwhile pedestrian, cyclist and motorist deaths soar. Ah sure, don't I drive better with a few pints inside of me?!

Obviously banning drinking doesn't work: it's too hard to check everyone (the Gardai don't have the resources) so the obvious solution is to ban cars. That would have the added benefit of removing the congestion problem.