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#540 Blue Lights and Ballyfermot Nights
In this episode, Niall talks to Sarah Ryan and a range of callers about an emotional email from Ann, a single mother in Ballyfermot, who says her 15-year-old son keeps getting stopped by the Gardaí when he’s just out with his friends.
She believes it’s not about what they’re doing — but where they’re from. Ann says if her son lived in Blackrock or Malahide, it wouldn’t happen.
So today we’re asking — is it fair for Gardaí to stop and question teenagers in areas with higher levels of anti-social behaviour?
Is this smart policing, or unfair profiling?
And if Gardaí are profiling, is that ever…
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