Bit of a sick note. Leukaemia & Rheumatoid, but Methotrexate treats both, so every cloud…Gooner, optimist. Bone marrow donator. Laughs at self & stupid stuff.
Things you won't hear on the news.
In the last 24 hours, one of my teams was called out to conduct a high-risk entry and arrested a male wanted for murder.
On the way back to base, they stopped a drink driver who blew 68 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath double the drink drive limit. Keeping people safe.
I'm proud of what they do every day.
Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay
Nor an offence for which they should be penalised
But a misfortune, the cost of which should be shared by the community.
Please RT if you agree
🔴TAX THE RICH
"We want to have a WEALTH TAX. That's a 1% tax on the wealthiest 1%. That would raise £75 billion a year."
👉RETWEET if you want a wealth tax for the rich.
The Laois Roads Policing Unit carried out speed checks on the M7 yesterday.
This driver was detected at 185kph in a 120kph area. They were stopped and the driver was arrested.
Court is to follow.
#SlowDown#ArriveAlive
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Naas Roads Policing Unit stopped this 4x4 speeding at 120kph on the outside lane of Motorway while towing a trailer with no brake lights or indicators.
The speed limited for towed trailers is 80kph & the driver was found not to be licensed to tow a trailer.
Court to follow.
Don’t be too despondent by yesterday’s defeat at Everton. I’m old enough to remember getting hammered 5-0 at Stoke in the 1970-71 season and Arsenal then went on to do the Double. It’s how you respond to a defeat that matters
Garda Murphy in Buncrana watched as it rained, hailed, snowed and began to freeze over - making for dangerous road conditions.
Off he went to borrow a shovel, commandeer a local farmer and together they loaded up a trailer of sand to grit local roads.
#KeepingPeopleSafe
District Commander, Supt Norman Haslett has spoken out on recent “shameful attacks” on officers: “All assaults on emergency service workers - nurse, doctor, paramedic or police - are unacceptable and those responsible risk jail time.”
Read more here : https://t.co/noBEVKCoKk
Motorists in these areas were driving above the speed limit this morning:
• 88km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Coolock Lane, Dublin 17
• 135km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the N4 Ballydowd, Lucan, Dublin 22
• 76km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N6 Baile An Phoill, Galway.
#SaferRoads