The Garda Podcast
The Garda Podcast is an official An Garda Síochána podcast. The Garda Podcast includes interviews and behind the scenes features from across An Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police and security service.
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- Sep 25, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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EP39: Human Trafficking (opens the original)
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Human Trafficking involves the recruitment, movement, harbouring or receiving of a person through means such as fear, fraud and deception, coercion, force or the abuse of power or a position of vulnerability, for the purpose of their sexual or labour exploitation, forced criminality or the removal of the organs of a person. In this episode, Detective Chief Superintendent Thelma Watters from the Garda National Protective Services Bureau details An Garda Síochána's relentless approach to tackling
Episode spotlight: Transporting VIPs (opens the original)
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Ireland holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union this year - 2026. During this period, many significant meetings are taking place nationwide, attended by VIPs. In order to get these VIPs safely and efficiently to their destination, the Garda National Escort Unit provides motorcycle escorts. Our National Escort Unit consists of highly skilled Garda motorcyclists who provide these escorts for various reasons, including for the transport of VIPs and critically ill patents. In this
EP38: Visual evidence: In focus with the Garda Photography Section (opens the original)
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The Garda Photographic Section, attached to the Garda National Technical Bureau, recently marked 100 years in operation. Garda photographers in the section go to crime scenes which include suspicious deaths and meticulously photograph evidence to assist investigation teams. In this episode, photographer Detective Garda Ian Redican gives a fascinating insight into the section, takes us inside a scene call out, talks us through his kit bag, provides a history of Garda photography and much more.
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