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Donegal Garda allowed to ride his bike – at 12th time of asking!

written by Stephen Maguire May 31, 2018
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A Donegal Garda has spoken of his frustration at not being able to patrol on a motorbike because bosses would not send him on a course.

Moville-based Garda Eamonn Ward became a “biker’ for the force in 2005.

However, top brass repeatedly refused his applications to attend a one and a half day upskilling course.

Garda Ward needed to get the course to qualify him to ride the 700cc but he only had qualifications to ride a 650cc bike.

Eamonn told The Star “We have a 700cc bike in Buncrana…The bike was there all along, but I could not utilise it because I was not skilled on it.”

He was eventually sent on the course – at the twelfth time of asking!

“It was hugely frustrating,” he added.

Donegal Garda allowed to ride his bike – at 12th time of asking! was last modified: June 5th, 2018 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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