If the courts start making decisions – as they were urged to do in this instance – based on how the climate in the country might be affected by those decisions, then they are no longer impartial judicial actors, but political actors.
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That this cannot go on is obvious. That if it does go on much worse will follow is something that a blind man – even one blinded by pepper spray – could see.
Scotland has been warned.
Wellbeing and community engagement are top policing priorities in 2024.
There’s an obvious difference between the procurement of Pepper Spray, which is an obvious case of fighting the last war, and plans to equip public order Gardai with Tasers, which is a relatively obvious case of serious over-reaction.
What is happening is the standard formulation for all Irish politicians everywhere: She is calling on someone else to do her job for her.
This is a Government that sees its people as the biggest problem facing the country. It is a sentiment that the public should return, with interest.
Those who care about their own civil liberties, and keeping the power of the state in check, should support this initiative.
Three quarters of us are satisfied with the performance of our local gardai.
The state has largely embraced American liberal ideas, such as those seen in San Francisco and Los Angeles, about policing.