The investigation is being conducted by the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI) based in Harcourt Square in Dublin. Comparable to the FBI or National Crime Agency in the UK, the NBCI is the State’s primary criminal investigation unit made up of highly experienced detectives trained in advanced interview techniques.
on Erin’s green valleys look down in thy love.
Windows in classrooms around the country once shook to the opening lines of this paean to our patron saint, in anticipation of the national day.
The transformation of the trafficked teenage sheep-herder into a global icon still inspires. What he would make of our country today, compared to the one he encountered arriving bound and enslaved many hundreds of years ago, is anyone’s guess.
He might take heart from State commitments to do away with Direct Provision, and make a better fist of being fair to those who have found themselves driven here by force of circumstance.
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CNA Staff, Mar 12, 2021 / 06:30 pm (CNA).- The European Union has declared itself an “LGBT freedom zone,” prompting objections from the Polish government, which says it has a right to maintain traditional views on marriage and family.
The EU resolution passed parliament Thursday after a debate the previous day in Brussels. According to the Associated Press, the measure passed with 492 ballots in favor and 141 votes against.
The EU’s decision came in response to “LGBT ideology-free zones” created in parts of Poland over the last two years, and the country’s recent decision to close a legal loophole that had permitted same-sex couples to adopt. The Polish zones were a largely symbolic expression of support for traditional family values in the mostly-Catholic country.