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April 2011

2006 audio recording of abusive garda by John Monaghan

This the audio recording of another prominent Corrib garda being abusive to John Monaghan making sexual comments regarding his wife, Brid.

The revelant section begins 3:18 into the audio clip.

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Mr Monaghan: "Do you see the XL on the thing -- that's his mouth."

Garda: "It's my c**k and your f***ing wife will know all about it. I hope you're recording all that now, John."

Mr Monaghan: "Any more comments about my wife?"

Garda: "I don't know the woman.

Posted Date: 
7 April 2011
Link: 

http://www.shelltosea.com/content/second-abusive-garda-recording-revealed

Second abusive garda recording revealed

By: 
Brian McDonald - Irish Independent

Details of a second separate sexually abusive tape recording have emerged, causing further embarrassment to gardai dealing with protests over the controversial Corrib Gas project in north Mayo.

It follows the hugely damaging tape of the accidentally recorded conversation in a patrol car in which gardai allegedly joke and laugh about deporting and raping a young woman who had been arrested at a Corrib Gas protest last week.

Posted Date: 
7 April 2011
Link: 

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-irelan...

111 complaints -- but no prosecutions

By: 
Dearbhail McDonald & Brian McDonald - Irish Independent

A TOTAL of 111 official complaints have been made against gardai manning the controversial Corrib gas site, but no garda has ever faced a criminal prosecution.

The Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) confirmed yesterday that it had received a huge number of complaints since work began on the site in 2007.

Seven of these resulted in files being sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, who decided that the gardai involved should not be prosecuted.

Posted Date: 
7 April 2011
Link: 

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/111-complaints-but-no-prosecutio...

Tasteless joke has cast a shadow over the uniform

By: 
Martina Devlin - Irish Independent

It was like watching an episode of 'Life on Mars' in which a present day Manchester cop woke up from a coma to find himself on the job in 1973. Except this was no time-travel TV show with satirical undertones -- this is Ireland in 2011.

In the BBC series, the modern detective was horrified by the casual sexism he encountered among colleagues, not just toward suspects but toward all women, police officers included. Audiences smiled, encouraged to believe the knuckle-draggers were as outdated as their oversized shirt collars.

Posted Date: 
7 April 2011
Link: 

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/martina-devlin/martina-devl...

Mayo man alleges garda made sexual remarks in 2006

By: 
LORNA SIGGINS, Western Correspondent

ANOTHER Corrib Gas protester has released details of a conversation he had with a Garda in 2006. Recorded on tape, it allegedly features an exchange during which derogatory remarks of a sexual nature were made about his wife.

John Monaghan, spokesman for the community group Pobal Chill Chomáin, which has opposed the Corrib gas pipeline routes on health and safety grounds, said remarks were made during an early morning protest at Ballinaboy on October 13th, 2006.

Posted Date: 
7 April 2011
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0407/1224294101483.html

Women to make complaint about gardaí

By: 
LORNA SIGGINS and CONOR LALLY, The Irish Times

THE GARDA Síochána Ombudsman Commission is due to receive a formal complaint today from the two women at the centre of the controversy over allegations of misconduct by Garda officers.
 

One of the women is also due to attend a Shell to Sea press conference in Dublin this morning.

The Garda ombudsman initiated an inquiry on Tuesday as a “matter of public interest”, following the revelation that gardaí were inadvertently recorded on a camera making jokes about threatening to deport and rape one of the women.

Posted Date: 
7 April 2011
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0407/1224294101455.html

The two women are only ones likely to face court

By: 
By Dearbhail McDonald Legal Editor, The Irish Independent

Q. Who will end up in court in the wake of the Corrib/garda "rape tape" controversy?

A. If anyone, it is the two women arrested for alleged public order offences who may face prosecution. A file in respect of those alleged offences will be forwarded to the DPP, who may or may not prosecute the pair.

Q. Could the gardai, if the reports are authenticated, face criminal proceedings?

Posted Date: 
7 April 2011
Link: 

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/the-two-women-are-only-ones-like...

Protest to be held outside Belmullet Garda Station on Saturday

Press release - Issued by Shell to Sea - Thursday 7th April

Protest to be held outside Belmullet Garda Station on Saturday

One of the women at centre of Garda rape comments to speak at press conference

Press Briefing - Issued by Dublin Shell to Sea -Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Campaigners to call for international inquiry into policing of Corrib protests

Press conference
Venue: Buswell’s Hotel, Dublin
Time: 11.30 a.m.
Date: Thursday, 7th April, 2011

Shell to Sea will hold a press conference at 11.30 a.m. on Thursday (7th April) to call for an independent international inquiry into policing of protests around the Corrib Gas project.

Garda dirty tricks and attacks on campaigners in aftermath of release of rape discussion video

By: 
Andrew Flood - WSM

Garda in Mayo took revenge for the publication of the Corrib cops rape threat video yesterday by attacking Shell to Sea campaigners during another protest near the site where the women were arrested.  Alongside this there are clear indications of a dirty tricks campaign being waged by the Garda Press Office. The fact that Garda from the same division felt confident attacking the friends of the women only hours after the so called investigation had been announced by the Garda Press office demonstrates exactly how serious they expected such an investigation to be.

Posted Date: 
6 April 2011
Link: 

http://www.wsm.ie/c/garda-seek-revenge-shell-sea-protesters-mayo