This is a statement from Katherine Hardester, the mother of Una, who was central to the Hannon miscarriage of justice.  It paints the usual picture of incompetence that we have come to expect of our police force in Ireland.
Una Hardester’s Mother Speaks Out
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Previously
Michael Hannon Innocent of Sexual Assault

Hugh Orde is due to step down as Chief Constable of the PSNI, and now I hear speculation that he might be replaced by a member of the Gardaí, but I think this is unlikely.
Why?
Because a basic requirement of the job is the ability to talk without dribbling, that’s why.

As you probably know, our gobshite police force questioned an artist in recent days for putting a painting in a gallery without permission.
Imagine that. 
These policemen, not renowned for their subtlety, levels of literacy or cultural sophistication were sent out to intimidate a painter who made a joke about the leader of government, as [...]

The government has just announced the creation of a crack new unit within the Gardai. The Offensive Pictures-And-Other-Stuff-On-The-Wall Squad.
Intrigued, I phoned the Garda Press Office.
Hello. Is that the Garda Press Office?
‘Tis. Who’s that?
Bock. I just wanted to ask you about the crack new Garda unit. The Offensive Pictures-And-Other-Stuff-On-The-Wall Squad.
Oh yeah. [...]

I wrote to the Garda Press Office about this insane business, but that was two days ago and I originally intended to write something about the nature of the works in question.  However, we now discover that the Gardai have gone beyond simply investigating the incident, and have questioned an artist, Conor Casby, about painting [...]

Did anyone hear the Garda Commissioner on the radio yesterday morning?
Well?  What did you think of Fachtna Murphy’s performance?
I found it dispiriting, in a time when we were never more in need of a professional police force, to hear their leader mouthing pre-digested platitudes, as if that sort of pompous old nonsense still impresses [...]

Here’s a story about a guy with MS, an appalling progressive illness.  The only thing that alleviates his symptoms is medicinal cannabis, which he gets on prescription in Holland where he lives.
The problem is, he can’t come home to Ireland, even for a visit.  He hasn’t been here in two years.  Why? Because the idiot [...]

The sixth report of the Morris Tribunal was published today.
If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you might know something about the disgraceful behaviour of the Gardai in Donegal that led to the setting up of the tribunal.  They framed, suspects, beat them up in custody, manufactured evidence, lied to their superiors and [...]

I see the Gardaí­ will be able to collect details of people’s emails and internet usage when they’re investigating a serious offence.
Serious offences, you say?
Great!  It’s about time they came down hard on drug dealers and gun smugglers and murderers and rapists and child abusers.
Well, no, actually.  Under the new rules, the government is going [...]