pay off to Garda of €138,000

[Ringo]

THE Garda traffic superintendent who suddenly retired after his arrest on suspicion of drink driving will get a 'golden handshake' of over €138,000 and a pension of more than €46,000 for the rest of his life. :eek:
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1804629&issue_id=15447

surely if you are convicted(which he hasn't been) you should get nothing, or at least a reduced pension.

[kingdom hoop]

or you could look at it from the perspective that if a player, (trevor brennan ex toulouse,leinster,ireland rugby is a good example) retired after doing something naughty he wouldnt be deserving of a testimonial?

[pete]

Can't stop someone from getting his/her pension but the "golden handshake" is a disgrace.

Pension at half his final salary is very generous too & can't see too many private sector jobs paying that.

[dahamsta]

Some posts were deleted from this thread by accident, sorry about that!

[Macy]

Pension at half his final salary is very generous too & can't see too many private sector jobs paying that.
You wouldn't see too many public sector jobs paying it either!

[osarusan]

Some posts were deleted from this thread by accident, sorry about that!


2 of them were mine I noticed. One of them I don't care about, but the other, where I disagreed that it was similar to a testimonial, had no reason to be deleted, surely?

[pineapple stu]

I think you'll be needing to look up the word "accident"... ;)