Garda Chief Superintendent Seamus Boland

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211 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 10 Jul

Garda Chief Superintendent Seamus Boland’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 8 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 7.

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Crime World · The Science of Fear - Borrowed Time (Episode 7) · 9 Jul 2026 podcast

The majority of them definitely and were in themselves just being shot. voice-verified

On some occasions because people just happened to be in the wrong place and, you know, people may forget that. voice-verified

People who happened to be in the wrong place who were... voice-verified

killed by bullets that were aimed for other people, which in itself is terrible, or other people who, again, just happen to be paying their respects at a funeral, and all of a sudden are photographed, and the photograph makes it look like they're walking with somebody, and photographs end up that were appearing being voice-verified

discussed and then discussed to such an extent that people convinced themselves that people were involved. voice-verified

So the level of violence that came afterwards is as unprecedented as the Regency attack was. voice-verified

So I make no... voice-verified

between both those attacks because one is as bad as the other is the bottom line. voice-verified

So am I surprised? voice-verified

No, not really, because, you know, these are the dangerous, unstable individuals that you're dealing with who, as I've said earlier, you know, voice-verified

lived by fear and making other people in fear and that's the environment that a lot of these people grew up in when they were younger as well. voice-verified

Back in the 90s when they were very young, this is the type of activity that they were engaging in themselves and they were seeing all around them. voice-verified

So not surprised considering the mindsets that we're dealing with. voice-verified

Because there's one thing we've learned down through the years is loyalty in all of these groups is very thin. voice-verified

And even for people who might be related to each other, it's all about greed. voice-verified

So they exist because of greed. voice-verified

And then with greed, when they're actually building their wealth, we've seen power then becomes the actual trip for these people as well, voice-verified

jolly to power. voice-verified

Extremely violent people who have a very public profile suit a lot of these groups as well, because if you have somebody who's extremely violent, voice-verified

and is well known and has always been written about in the newspapers. voice-verified

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