He added: “Garda management would be better served dealing with those issues at senior level and demanding more resources than participating in a programme that looks set to stigmatise this whole community when only a tiny proportion of that community are involved in criminality. Viewers were left shocked as the first episode of Inside the K aired on Virgin Media on Thursday night. Please enter your email address so we can send you a link to reset your password. But a spokeswoman said: “Throughout the five-part series Garda members including the Chief Superintendent and Superintendent over the K District repeatedly state their view that the vast majority of people living in the area are decent, law-abiding people, and that there is only a very small minority involved in criminality. The party’s Paul Donnelly hit out at Virgin Media’s The Guards: Inside The K, saying that the feedback he has gotten over the depiction is one of anger. But even by the standards of such things, this opening episode was an uncommonly frank and graphic dispatch from the frontline of policing a desperate situation. This name will appear beside any comments you post. Viewers across Ireland were gripped by Virgin Media's new documentary show The Guards: Inside the K which … The observational documentary following police on the job is hardly an underpopulated genre on television. “I’ve spent the last six weeks walking and canvassing throughout Dublin West, and I have lived here for the past 25 years, and I do not recognise the place that they are talking about.”. Lust Of The Rings: Is it OK for Amazon to bring sex scenes to Tolkien’s classic? To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. So it is to the credit of Virgin Media that Inside the K prioritises journalistic verisimilitude and resists both negatively stereotyping west Dublin and portraying crime there as a glorified game of cops and robbers. ‘Look sexy. For other inquiries Contact Us. Your screen name should follow the standards set out in our. The Other Lamb: This is not a film designed to shake off late-Covid unease, Hilary Mantel calls for skeleton of Irish ‘giant’ to be repatriated, Iftas 2020: Martin Scorsese, Daisy Ridley, Michael D Higgins to appear at virtual ceremony, Frequently asked questions about your digital subscription, Specially selected and available only to our subscribers, Exclusive offers, discounts and invitations, Explore the features of your subscription, Carefully curated selections of Irish Times writing, Sign up to get the stories you want delivered to your inbox, An exact digital replica of the printed paper, Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in March, Why you can’t publish a Weinstein #MeToo story in Ireland. Trump seriously considered taking the oath of office on his bestseller The Art of the Deal, Bestselling author Bill Bryson ‘to retire from writing’. T he ‘K’ refers to K District, which takes in the sprawling Dublin suburbs of Blanchardstown, Finglas and Cabra, combined population 175,000. Real Estate See Inside: Mansion In Worcester Historic District Asks $800K This 1907 English revival-style home sits in the Massachusetts Avenue historic district.The centerpiece is … The cameras were present when officers burst into the home of Jason ‘Jay’ O’Connor, a thug who at the time had 64 previous convictions. But gardai last night hit back, highlighting that it is repeatedly stated in the programme that the “vast majority of people living in the area are decent, law-abiding people, and that there is only a very small minority involved in criminality”. I know it still p****s me off when I hear someone badmouthing Crumlin, where I lived for 10 years, when they’ve never set foot near the place and know nothing about it beyond the outbursts of gang violence they read about in the paper or hear about on the TV and radio news. The criminals are rather less sympathetic, perhaps unsurprisingly. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. There are lots of brooding overhead shots of “the K” , the police district covering Blanchardstown, Finglas and Cabra. Viewers gripped by bravery and emotion in new documentary show 'The Guards: Inside the K' that focuses on Dublin's K District They have been given the name due to … It also shows frontline cops dealing with the dangerous gangsters involved in the Corduff feud, which saw over 100 incidents last year, including, petrol bombs, shots fired outside a school and threats to kill. It’s shocking, as is one garda’s explanation that families involved in crime often feel they have done nothing wrong. You can unsubscribe at any time. Commenting on The Irish Times has changed. That seems a distinct possibility as The Guards: Inside the K, Virgin Media’s glossy new documentary about gardaí policing west Dublin, begins.
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