The Garda Water Unit (Aonad Uisce an Gharda Síochána) is a unit of the Garda Síochána, the police service of the Republic of Ireland. ga '''''Garda Síochána na hÉireann''''' (ˈgaːrdə ʃiːˈxaːnə nə ˈheːɾʲən Irish for "Peace Guard of Ireland" often rendered Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Formerly known as the Garda Sub-Aqua Unit, the name was changed to incorporate the services of the non-diving surfaced based marine section.
The Unit, exists to assist the Garda Síochána in both diving and surface operations. This article refers to underwater diving by humans For other uses of the term diving see Dive and Diving Underwater diving is Diving operations include searching for and recovery of missing persons and evidence, conducting security searches in water and in confined spaces i. e. sewers. The unit also conduct surface patrols which encompass maritime safety, maritime legislation enforcement and security patrols.
The approximate strength of the Unit is three sergeants and fourteen officers.
The unit cover the entire jurisdiction of the Republic of Ireland. Their services are normally requested by local Gardaí.
It is currently based at both Santry Garda Station, Dublin, and Athlone Garda Station, Westmeath. Santry ( is a suburb on the Northside of Dublin, bordering Coolock, Glasnevin and Ballymun. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Athlone ( is a town that lies on the River Shannon near the southern extremity of Lough Ree, Ireland. County Westmeath (Contae na hIarmhí is a County situated in the Irish midlands, also popularly called the "Lake county" in the western part of the province Recently its members have seen a lot of service in County Mayo, assisting Royal Dutch Shell with the locally unpopular Corrib gas project. Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins The Corrib gas project entails exploiting a Natural gas deposit off the northwest coast of Ireland. All Shell's survey boats in Srahwuddacon Bay in Erris are accompanied at all times by several Gardaí in their own boat, when surveying feasible routes for the gas pipeline (see Shell to Sea). Erris is a barony in northwestern County Mayo in Ireland. The main town is Belmullet. Shell to Sea (in Irish, Shell chun Sáile) is a campaign based in County Mayo, Ireland which opposed the proposed construction of a high-pressure
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