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  • Pressure rises for Irish premier to quit over police scandal

    02/16/2017 8:48:44 AM PST · by Olog-hai
    Associated Press ^ | Feb 16, 2017 8:43 AM EST
    Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny faces mounting pressure from party colleagues to resign over his stumbling response to a police scandal. Lawmakers in Kenny’s Fine Gael party say their 65-year-old leader could be ousted next week if he doesn’t voluntarily specify a resignation date. […] Opposition leaders accuse Kenny’s weak minority government of failing to defend a whistleblower exposing corruption in Ireland’s police force. Documents published this month suggest a government agency helped senior officers circulate malicious gossip that falsely branded the whistleblower as a pedophile. …
  • Gardaí to be armed in dissident crackdown (Republic of Ireland police)

    01/02/2014 9:25:59 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 4 replies
    Belfast Telegraph ^ | 02 January 2014 | Greg Harkin and Tom Brady
    More than 120 uniformed gardaí in specialist units in the Republic will be permanently armed from today as part of a crackdown on criminal gangs and dissident terrorists. This is the first time that uniformed gardaí have been given permission to carry guns full-time since the foundation of the force almost a century ago. […] An increase in gun violence has partly prompted the decision to turn the units into permanently-armed squads. …
  • Boston Police Commissioner O'Toole Resigns

    05/09/2006 1:44:07 PM PDT · by pabianice · 22 replies · 1,067+ views
    Channel 7 - Boston | 5/9/06
    O'Toole resigns after two years to take position with Irish Government. Developing...