Rachel Forde
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Appearances Over Time
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And when I turned my head back again, there was about 20 high-vises in my hallway.
And I knew.
I knew straight away.
I knew what they were there for.
And I could feel the life draining for me.
So they identified themselves as the Gardaí Síochána.
And it was worth mentioning as well, up until this ripe age of 31, I had never, ever, ever, ever so much as given my name to a Gardaí.
I'd never been in trouble, ever.
I actually think I had one tax fine previous to this.
And yeah, they came to do a drug raid on my house.
Because I thought I was invincible, you know?
Like that I was never in trouble with the guards before.
Why would the guards be looking my direction?
I had ran up a huge debt.
And I was given what I thought was a very simple way out of it.
On a Thursday, I was given a bag and told it would be collected on the Sunday.
This was Saturday evening.
So the guards took the bag and me with the bag.
I went up to Mayfield Guard Station and that was my first night I spent in a cell.
Horrific, Brenda.