, with associated codes of practice, will be outlined to the Government later this year, Minister for Justice and EqualityHe told a conference on policing and human rights that the issue is challenging but important to the placing of human rights at the core of the work of An Garda Síochána.
“These powers are appropriately and necessarily circumscribed and prescribed by law, but they have grown up in a piecemeal fashion over decades and are not sufficiently clear to individuals.”, in his address to the conference, also referred to the tensions between policing powers and human rights. “Gardaí have these powers so as to ensure that the rights of others are protected. Proper exercise of these powers is not always straightforward, particularly in light of the discretion which is vested in gardaí.”
Mr Flanagan, during his address, referred to the murder last week of the journalist Lyra McKee in Derry by members of the so-called New IRA.
If Flanagan had his way it would be back to the good old days when Fine Gael had O Duffy as head of the Garda.....a blueshirt until the end.