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Ciarán

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1661 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

I suspect there are very, very few people ever prosecuted for it.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

But part of the reason for that might be because there's nowhere to put them.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

But there is nowhere to put them.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

I do, because I do.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

Sorry, Bobby, I do, because the prison service daily produce reports on how many people are in the prisons, and most of them are at 110% capacity.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

We have the same number of prison spaces as we had when the population was about 3 million, and the population is now well over 5 million.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

We need another prison, but we don't have one.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

But if you if you kind of took the reins off the Gardaí and allowed them to police a bit more robustly, how would that solve the mental health problems of people?

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

But you do you do accept mental health is a real problem, don't you?

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

I don't live in any of those places.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

It could well exist there.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

That's the problem.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

So what's a more robust Garda intervention?

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

What does that look like?

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

But there'd still be a heroin addict after it.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

No, but I mean, it doesn't.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

Absolutely.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

But I guess what I'm talking about is dealing not just with the symptoms of crime, but dealing with the causes of it.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

Thanks a million.

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"People will describe other weapons...bicycle spokes, umbrella spokes..."

Sorry for making such a... No, you're all right, Bobby.