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Old 01-16-2009, 04:31 AM   #1
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I remember someone had a problem at Dublin airport security and I've found out there was a reason for that. The Garda at Dublin airport have had their food budgets cut, normally they get something like €30 a day to buy food for themselfs.

Irish police are not allowed to go on strike so instead they're operating a go slow at Dublin airport and checking everyone who enters the country. Expect long delays and stupid questions. You may be able to bribe them with a samwedge or cup of tea.
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Old 01-16-2009, 05:33 AM   #2
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yes it was me they played 20 questions with

30 euros damn...we should all be so lucky
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Old 01-16-2009, 08:29 AM   #3
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yes it was me they played 20 questions with

30 euros damn...we should all be so lucky
It's terrible isn't it. I should send an email off to Garda headquarters with a link back to this site. So now you know you where just the victim of a hungry hungry Garda
It's worse than I thought to, they can get up to €42 a day or €6000 a year!




http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5489282.ece
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noo lets send them some food

in fact maybe we should divert all the aid thats being sent to the poor regions of the world to the hungry hungry garda
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I'm sure they don't mind where it comes from as long as they get feed. They might turn their nose up at plumpynut samwedges though. They're partial to bacon and cabbage or .
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Is this a recent thing? I was in Dublin about a year and a half ago and the seemed rather odd to me as well.
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