The Garda Podcast

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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.

  1. EP33: On patrol with roads policing

    FEB 2

    EP33: On patrol with roads policing

    Come with us on patrol with Cavan Roads Policing for this episode of the Garda Podcast. Sergeant James Gallagher and Garda Amanda Gilmartin take us on a ride along as they help to keep our roads safe.

    38 min
  2. EP32: Inside the Special Detective Unit

    JAN 16

    EP32: Inside the Special Detective Unit

    The SDU (Special Detective Unit) is our Counter Terrorism Unit with responsibility for State security. This highly trained unit mitigate and investigate any threats to the State. The SDU also has responsibility for the protection of diplomatic missions to Ireland. In this episode of the Garda Podcast, Detective Chief Superintendent Brian Woods gives a behind the scenes insight in to this fascinating unit. Detective Chief Superintendent Woods started his career with An Garda Síochána in Ballyfermot, Dublin where he rose to the rank of Detective and worked on the Veronica Guerin case. He then spent time with the United Nations in Cyprus, the Garda Economic Crime Bureau, the Criminal Assets Bureau, Security Intelligence, projects around proactive policing, the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and now SDU. Topics discussed: History of the SDU, radicalisation, Hostile State Actors, State Security, Counter Terrorism and more.

    32 min

  3. 12/28/2025

    2025 rewind - Video episode about the interdiction of the MV Matthew

    One of the most popular Garda Podcasts of 2025 tells the story about the interdiction of the MV Matthew. This special video episode is produced by An Garda Síochána's Office of Corporate Communications. On September 23 2023, a Panama flagged cargo ship called the MV Mathew entered Irish territorial waters, having set off from Curacao, an island off the coast of Venezuela. Unbeknownst to its crew, suspicions about the ship’s activities had been communicated by international intelligence agencies to An Garda Síochána’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau. The ship was being monitored, with the belief that its cargo may contain illegal drugs. On September 22nd, the day before the MV Matthew entered Irish waters, two men, bought a fishing trawler called the FV Castlemore in West Cork. The activities of the crews on board both vessels would result in a dramatic joint task force operation carried out at sea in gale force winds and would lead to the largest drug seizure in the history of the State. The seizure of devices and the interception of messages between both sea fairing crews and their criminal gang members on land, led to the conviction and sentencing of eight men – six from the MV Matthew and two from the Castlemore trawler. The radio and phone conversations you hear in this podcast are real.

    12 min
  4. EP31: The Garda National Immigration Bureau

    11/15/2025

    EP31: The Garda National Immigration Bureau

    The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) enforces immigration legislation in Ireland. In this episode,  Detective Chief Superintendent of GNIB Aidan Minnock brings us behind the scenes of this busy and specialist bureau. This interview took place in mid-November 2025. Some statistics mentioned in the episodes will have changed at the time of listening.

    34 min
  5. EP30: Forensic Collision Investigation

    10/11/2025

    EP30: Forensic Collision Investigation

    Garda Forensic Collision Investigators (FCIs) are deployed in the immediate aftermath of fatal or life altering road traffic collisions.  They are trained to forensically reconstruct a road traffic collision. In this episode, FCI Sergeant Paddy McElroy discusses this important role in detail.

    37 min
  6. Repost: High visibility beat patrol in Dublin city

    10/08/2025

    Repost: High visibility beat patrol in Dublin city

    Come with us on a high visibility beat patrol in Dublin city centre.

    37 min
  7. Special live event: The Garda National Youth Awards

    10/06/2025

    Special live event: The Garda National Youth Awards

    The annual Garda National Youth Awards celebrate outstanding young people aged between 13 and 21 years, and recognises the good work they are doing throughout their communities. The awards, held in Portlaoise, gives An Garda Síochána a valuable chance to truly recognise the remarkable influence young people have on their communities. In this episode, you’ll hear from some of the 2025 winners. This podcast contains some discussion about suicide and self harm. If you are affected by anything you hear in the episode, you can call Samaritans on 116123, Pieta House on 1800247247 or in the case of an emergency, please call 999 or 112.

    25 min
  8. EP 29: Becoming a Garda - Part two

    09/19/2025

    EP 29: Becoming a Garda - Part two

    In episode 21, we spoke with four Garda Trainees who had just entered the Garda College in Templemore. Six months later, they join us for this episode of the Garda Podcast straight after their attestation (graduation) where they became sworn members of An Garda Síochána. If you are interested in following in the footsteps of the Gardaí you hear in this podcast, you can apply to be a Garda in the latest Garda recruitment competition which is open on publicjobs.ie

    24 min
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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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  • Creator
    An Garda Síochána
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © An Garda Síochána
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    The Garda Podcast

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