Season 2 · Episode 8
Dr Pat Leahy
Former Assistant Commissioner
Real Lives Untold · Sarah Trina
November 15, 202359m 41s
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Show Notes
In this episode Sarah and Trina speak with former Assistant Commissioner Dr Pat Leahy who was shortlisted for the top job as Garda Commissioner back in 2018. He has described the toughest time during his 38 years in the force as those few weeks around the Regency Hotel shootings in February 2016 which triggered the rapid escalation of the deadly Kinahan-Hutch Feud here. He is passionate about community policing, completed his doctorate in community orientation and is adamant it is the way forward. He joined the force in the early 80s and within a few years he was part of the Tango Unit set up to pursue Martin Cahill or the General. He also served overseas with the United nations , was chief in store street in Dublin until 2017 and assistant commissioner for the Dublin metropolitan region until his retirement in 2020.
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