Fell out the back of a truck

[Octavia1]

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/sham-marriages-many-foreign-taxi-drivers-involved-garda-suspects-1.3588034
 ......do yu think
That them blokes that drive around an cant even speak English did a test ?  They did in ther bollix...

[markmiwurdz]

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/sham-marriages-many-foreign-taxi-drivers-involved-garda-suspects-1.3588034
 ......do yu think
That them blokes that drive around an cant even speak English did a test ?  They did in ther bollix...

You show,I go...

[john m]

Dont just read whats written  read what It might mean .The Government are running a conveyor belt to create drivers .Hard to maintain a moratorium on licences if you are encouraging people to qualify to enter the industry .

[Shallowhal]

You're the king of reading what something "might" mean John!!

Missus said to me yesterday "i'm leaving the patio doors open"....and i said "hunzo,the door is never locked...you can leave anytime!!".....it was all picture for a while.

[john m]

You're the king of reading what something "might" mean John!!

Missus said to me yesterday "i'm leaving the patio doors open"....and i said "hunzo,the door is never locked...you can leave anytime!!".....it was all picture for a while.

Hal they are paying to train Forklift drivers .Driving Instructors ,Reps said we were losing drivers by the thousands so are the State paying for taxi training courses ?If the answer is yes what are they going to drive ?Does that have a ring of the past about it ?

[watty]

NTA still thinking about WAT's - Launch of SPSV Accessibility Survey (2nd July).  And EV's.  Can't imagine they'd have much capacity to be thinking about opening up saloon licences as well.

[Shallowhal]

NTA still thinking about WAT's - Launch of SPSV Accessibility Survey (2nd July).  And EV's.  Can't imagine they'd have much capacity to be thinking about opening up saloon licences as well.

And yet still haven't thought how to implement the "free" NCT's

[silverbullet]

You're the king of reading what something "might" mean John!!

Missus said to me yesterday "i'm leaving the patio doors open"....and i said "hunzo,the door is never locked...you can leave anytime!!".....it was all picture for a while.

Hal they are paying to train Forklift drivers .Driving Instructors ,Reps said we were losing drivers by the thousands so are the State paying for taxi training courses ?If the answer is yes what are they going to drive ?Does that have a ring of the past about it ?

[silverbullet]

You're the king of reading what something "might" mean John!!

Missus said to me yesterday "i'm leaving the patio doors open"....and i said "hunzo,the door is never locked...you can leave anytime!!".....it was all picture for a while.

Hal they are paying to train Forklift drivers .Driving Instructors ,Reps said we were losing drivers by the thousands so are the State paying for taxi training courses ?If the answer is yes what are they going to drive ?Does that have a ring of the past about it ?

What does a Garda signing off thousands of immigration applications in rural Roscommon and Longford, taking bribes from the Pakistan mafia say about the efficacy of our immigration system?

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/ex-garda-arrested-on-suspicion-of-bribery-over-fraudulent-immigration-applications-1.4112090

Ex-garda arrested on suspicion of bribery over fraudulent immigration applications
Man (60s) allegedly stamped hundreds of forms from Indian and Pakistani applicants
Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 13:31
Conor Gallagher
Officials have since been reviewing every application signed by the ex-garda in the last five years. Photograph: iStock

 
A retired garda has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes to stamp hundreds of fraudulent immigration applications from Indian and Pakistani applicants.

The suspect, who is aged in his 60s, is suspected of taking money from a “fixer” who brought applicants in large numbers to his Garda station in the Western Region to have their forms stamped.

The then garda allegedly stamped documents certifying the applicants had submitted the relevant documents required to gain permission to reside and work in the country.

The irregularities first came to light two years ago and the man has since retired from the Garda. According to the Irish Daily Mail, which first reported on the investigation earlier this year, the man has already been interviewed by detectives.

The man was arrested on Wednesday morning by gardaí from the Roscommon/Longford Division who were assisted by an investigative team from the Garda National Immigration Bureau and officials from the Department of Justice. He is being held under Section Four of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 and can be questioned for up to 24 hours.

It is understood the man may have fraudulently stamped forms for several hundred people before the matter came to light. The ex-garda is suspected to have taken large sums of money - possibly several thousand euro per form – from a Pakistani fixer who is believed to be part of a criminal group involved in sophisticated immigration fraud in Ireland and other countries.

Unusually high number
The immigrants entered the country on student visas and sought permission to stay on after those expired.

The alleged scam came to light when officials noticed an unusually high number of forms were being stamped by the same garda in a county which does not have a particularly high population of non-nationals.

Officials have since been reviewing every application signed by the ex-garda in the last five years and attempting to track down the immigrants concerned.

 
Some have been located but many are thought to have already left the country. As many as 1,000 applications may be affected.

“Gardaí from the Roscommon/Longford Division investigating a number of immigration irregularities at a Garda station in the then Western Region which commenced in mid-2017 have this morning, Wednesday 11th December 2019 arrested a male in his 60s in connection with this investigation,” a Garda spokesman said.

“Gardaí involved in this investigation were assisted by a team from the Garda National Immigration Bureau and officials from the Department of Justice. Investigations are ongoing.”

You might as well carry on shouting into a bin or posting here for all the good it'll do.


Remember the expression  "Cui bono"

Taxi companies certainly do. Taxi schools do. Insurance companies do. Human traffickers do. Government get off the hook for having a porous border. It appears Gardai do. keep adding to the list ad nauseum.

What does a Garda signing off thousands of immigration applications in rural Roscommon and Longford, taking bribes from the Pakistan mafia say about the efficacy of our immigration system?

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/ex-garda-arrested-on-suspicion-of-bribery-over-fraudulent-immigration-applications-1.4112090

Ex-garda arrested on suspicion of bribery over fraudulent immigration applications
Man (60s) allegedly stamped hundreds of forms from Indian and Pakistani applicants
Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 13:31
Conor Gallagher
Officials have since been reviewing every application signed by the ex-garda in the last five years. Photograph: iStock

 
A retired garda has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes to stamp hundreds of fraudulent immigration applications from Indian and Pakistani applicants.

The suspect, who is aged in his 60s, is suspected of taking money from a “fixer” who brought applicants in large numbers to his Garda station in the Western Region to have their forms stamped.

The then garda allegedly stamped documents certifying the applicants had submitted the relevant documents required to gain permission to reside and work in the country.

The irregularities first came to light two years ago and the man has since retired from the Garda. According to the Irish Daily Mail, which first reported on the investigation earlier this year, the man has already been interviewed by detectives.

The man was arrested on Wednesday morning by gardaí from the Roscommon/Longford Division who were assisted by an investigative team from the Garda National Immigration Bureau and officials from the Department of Justice. He is being held under Section Four of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 and can be questioned for up to 24 hours.

It is understood the man may have fraudulently stamped forms for several hundred people before the matter came to light. The ex-garda is suspected to have taken large sums of money - possibly several thousand euro per form – from a Pakistani fixer who is believed to be part of a criminal group involved in sophisticated immigration fraud in Ireland and other countries.

Unusually high number
The immigrants entered the country on student visas and sought permission to stay on after those expired.

The alleged scam came to light when officials noticed an unusually high number of forms were being stamped by the same garda in a county which does not have a particularly high population of non-nationals.

Officials have since been reviewing every application signed by the ex-garda in the last five years and attempting to track down the immigrants concerned.

 
Some have been located but many are thought to have already left the country. As many as 1,000 applications may be affected.

“Gardaí from the Roscommon/Longford Division investigating a number of immigration irregularities at a Garda station in the then Western Region which commenced in mid-2017 have this morning, Wednesday 11th December 2019 arrested a male in his 60s in connection with this investigation,” a Garda spokesman said.

“Gardaí involved in this investigation were assisted by a team from the Garda National Immigration Bureau and officials from the Department of Justice. Investigations are ongoing.”

You might as well carry on shouting into a bin or posting here for all the good it'll do.


Remember the expression  "Cui bono"

Taxi companies certainly do. Taxi schools do. Insurance companies do. Human traffickers do. Government get off the hook for having a porous border. It appears Gardai do. keep adding to the list ad nauseum.