Irish police service may lose 1,000 officers due to Government cuts

20% immigration into a state with 15% unemployment is 35% insanity. Looks like the lunatics have taken over the Kildare Street asylum. Or - depending on your view of insanity - that they haven't!

The police force in Sydney NSW would welcome any former Garda and the remuneration is good.

If they are cutting 7.5% of the Gardaí, they had better hope that 7.5% of all criminal emigrate or go straight at the same time!

I think if they all a small cut in pay, they could keep them- they are needed!

"Over 80,000 approved for visas despite massive unemployment, emigration" Watch the crime rate soar.

Photograph depicts members of Án Gárda Síochána na h'Éireann (ÁGSÉ) with riot helmits outside Trinity College in the national capitol boarding Belfast bus with riot helmits to reinforce Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)/Án Serbhíse Poílíní na Tuarsceart Éireann (SPTE) in suppressing loyalist uprising in provincial capitol. No Templemore police mutiny in 2013 like Currage military mutiny in 1913. NB 12,500 full time gardaí could be turned into 25,000 part-timers. (Ditto with Defence Forces' Ireland/Forsaí Cósanta na h'Éireann (FCÉ) with consequent decline in unemployment and more time with the kids).

A reason to emigrate must surely be a god send, everyone's glad to get out of Ire-land.

more rubbish from the irish government! watch how crime rates spike as less gardai are on the beat! eu39k for 3 year career break is not good enough given how the economy is. what chance do they have of getting another job in a country thats already struggling to keep people in work - they havent a clue how to run the country - 12 housewives would do a better job than the government - they're used to working in a tight budget and getting things done! they should fire the irish government - shower or wasters!!!

As long as the international creditors of private banks are bailed out for the reckless behavior by the Irish people, I guess all is well.