Pensioner farmer refused plainclothes Gardai entry because he thought they were ’thugs in hoodies’

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”.

By Gordon Deegan

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”.