Man thought gardaí were ‘thugs’

A pensioner farmer prevented three armed plain-clothes members of a Garda drugs unit from gaining access to his home because he thought they were “thugs in hoodies”.

At Ennis District Court, 67-year old, Martin Danaher said that the gardaí “looked like three thugs” and that they were looking for his son at Snipe Lodge, Knockagulla, Lisdoonvarna, in August 2014.

Mr Danaher said that two of the men were wearing hoodies with the third wearing a T-shirt when they called to his door.