Labour's Alan Kelly exposes alleged garda failures in gun safety and drug storage

Labour TD Alan Kelly exposes serious Garda issues in Dáil, including faulty gun holsters, drug storage, and internal failures

If Alan Kelly hadn’t persisted, or hadn’t evidence that disputed the reply from the department, then the department could claim that it had no corporate knowledge of whatever was going on in An Garda Síochána about the holsters. Photo: Flickr Houses of Oireachtas

Last Tuesday, Labour TD Alan Kelly delivered a speech in the Dáil that suggest alarming developments in An Garda Síochána.

He had copious notes and a few exhibits. His narrative included an array of issues, such as faulty gun holsters, the use and storage of firearms and the discovery of a huge chunk of cocaine in what was apparently a garda’s personal locker. What was equally worrying was the apparent response to these allegations.