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There is no right to own firearms in Ireland. Firearms generally require a firearms certificate (commonly referred to as a licence) in Ireland, though several exceptions to this (such as couriers transporting firearms or people shooting at authorized fairground stalls or shooting ranges with club-owned firearms) are specified in sections 2(3) and 2(4) of the Firearms Act.
New figures, obtained by BBC News NI, show that 53,000 people currently hold firearm licenses in Northern Ireland and 97% are male. Police say the majority are used for sport or in the farming ...
Armed Support Units (ASU) (Irish: Tacaíochta Faoi Arm) are specialist regional firearms units of the Garda Síochána, [2] the national police force of Ireland.Based in all four Garda regions in the country, Gardaí attached to an ASU unit carry a combination of lethal firearms and non-lethal weapons, as opposed to regular uniformed Gardaí, who are unarmed, and detective gardaí, who are ...
Since the formation of the Garda Síochána in 1923, it has been a predominantly unarmed force, and more than three quarters of the service do not routinely carry firearms. [8] As of February 2023, the police service had 14,470 sworn members (including 371 sworn Reserve members) and 3,348 civilian staff. [2]
In nineteen countries or territories, the police do not carry firearms unless the situation is expected to merit it: Botswana, Cook Islands, Fiji, Iceland, Ireland, Kiribati, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Norway, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, the United Kingdom (except for Northern Ireland), the British Virgin Islands and Vanuatu.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI; Irish: Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann; [7] Ulster-Scots: Polis Service o Norlin Airlan), is the police service responsible for law enforcement and the prevention of crime within Northern Ireland.
Ireland’s police defended by government minister in wake of riots. Sunday 26 November 2023 11:50, Tara Cobham. Garda has been defended by an Irish government minister in the wake of the violent ...
Heavily armed NBCI detectives conduct a stop-and-search on a drug gang suspect in Limerick City (see Limerick feud). The Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (GNBCI) (Irish: An Biúró Náisiúnta um Imscrúdú Coiriúil) - formerly known as the Central Detective Unit (CDU) (Irish: An Príomhaonad Bleachtaireachta) - is the main national criminal investigative branch of the Garda ...