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Policing

Monday 4th February

Over the weekend we saw the protests outside Stepaside Garda Station calling on the Government not to go ahead with the closure of this and the other planned 100 stations closures. In today’s Irish Times Dr Vicky Conway lecturer in criminal law and policing at the University of Kent casts a dispassionate eye on the subject and she joined Pat this morning.

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/today-with-pat-kenny/programmes/2013/0204/366110-today-with-pat-kenny-monday-4th-february-2013/?clipid=991800

Garda Independence

Thursday 30th May

The Mick Wallace/Alan Shatter issue has brought to the fore the relationship between the Gardai and the Minister for Justice. Yesterday the Minister yesterday surviving a vote of no confidence, but it has led many to question whether this relationship is a healthy one. Could an independent police authority, positioned between minister and commissioner, be the answer to the concentration of political power over policing? This is something that was called for at the GRA Annual Conference at the end of last month, to remove what they claim is political interference. Dr Vicky Conway is a lecturer in law at ...

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/today-with-pat-kenny/programmes/2013/0530/453558-today-with-pat-kenny-thursday-30-may-2013/?clipid=1228109

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