Imagine what it’s like to go from being stationed in the Cork burbs to being stationed in the Australian outback. Jonathan de Burca Butler meets up with Irish gardai who are being snapped up in Western Australia because of their high level of training

AUSTRALIAN cops were yesterday told to keep their hands off our boys in blue.

THE money is good, the sunshine is free and if you’re a garda looking for a change of uniform as well as scenery then the police service of Western Australia regard you as a fair cop.