Gardaí are ‘cautious, playful’ on social media

The gardaí have a “cautionary approach” to social media and engage with it in a “playful” manner, according to research.

Almost 200,000 people engage with Garda social media accounts, or roughly 5% of the population over 15. The bulk of them interact with its two Twitter accounts (120,000 people) and its two Facebook sites (71,000).