Assoc Prof @LawGovDCU, Author Policing 20th Century Ireland. Member @lawyers4choice. Host @policedpodcast. Policing & criminal justice. And mental illness (BPD)
Jun 14, 2021 • 80 tweets • 15 min read
1. There's been so much conversation over police accountability structures and organisational reform. The publication today of the General Scheme of the Garda Síochána Powers Bill is hugely important. This deals with what gardaí can do day to day.
2. We've been far behind other countries in the extent to which we regulate what the police do. The detail of this Bill is going to be hugely important. It's got 68 heads, covering stop and search, arrest, searches, detention and rights of those in custody. #gardapowers
Jun 13, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Today I'm v angry about mental illness treatment in Ireland. My counsellor recommended a book this week, which I've nearly finished. It's by the woman who developed the treatment for the disorder I have... a disorder which 10% die from. The HSE have never offered this treatment.
I've asked for it numerous times, to no avail. I'm on an introductory course for a different type of treatment, with no suggestion of an actual course in that treatment
Apr 27, 2021 • 31 tweets • 4 min read
General scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill now published justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/…
It's almost 400 pages. There'll be no hot-takes here.
Dec 13, 2018 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
It could be easily missed but there's a really important piece of legislation making it's way through Oireachtas at the moment - the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2018 data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/…
Thousands of deaths are considered by #coroners every year in Ireland and these are hugely important not just for families who have lost loved ones, but for society as a whole
