The Dublin Metropolitan Police “was constituted in its present form in 1846, and its whole history since tends to show, not only that is an imperial and not a municipal concern, but it is also really a branch of the military department, and ought properly be placed on the army estimates. I do not think it is insignificant to note in this connection that the present head of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and the chief inspectors are retired soldiers.”
– Tom Kettle, MP for East Tyrone, in his Maiden Speech in the House of Commons 2nd May 1907.
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