Politicians to blame for people’s fear of gardaí

THE gardaí exist to enforce the country’s laws and protect its citizens. Traditionally an unarmed force, they were friends in times of difficulty.

However, the recent RTÉ Prime Time programme which exposed some of their worst excesses came as no surprise to most people. Somewhere in the last couple of years the relationship between the force and the civil population changed for the worse.

With so many bad laws now enacted, the average person has good reason to fear the gardaí. They are now empowered to arrest and prosecute any of us if they so choose.