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Sunday World
16-05-2025
- Sunday World
Drunken garda worker who urinated in station cell after her arrest avoids conviction
Rachel Rogers (54) was under severe stress at the time, and was extremely remorseful and embarrassed about her behaviour. A civilian member of An Garda Síochána who urinated in a station cell has avoided a conviction after she made a donation to charity. Rachel Rogers (54) was under severe stress at the time, and was extremely remorseful and embarrassed about her behaviour. Judge David McHugh accepted Rogers' behaviour on the day was a blip or glitch in her normal behaviour. Blanchardstown Garda Station. Photo: Steve Humphreys News in 90 Seconds - May 16th Judge McHugh ordered her to donate €400 to the LauraLynn Hospice and he struck out the charge, leaving Rogers without a conviction. The defendant, of Calderwood Road in Drumcondra, admitted public drunkenness at Parslickstown Drive in Mulhuddart on December 7, 2024. Sergeant Conor Mohan also told Blanchardstown District Court that Rogers urinated in a cell at Blanchardstown garda station. The cell had to be cleaned, at a cost of €46. The court heard Rogers had no previous convictions. She was a civilian worker in An Garda Síochána, her solicitor said, and had been suspended from work due to this incident. Rogers had personal struggles at the time, and a relationship had ended and she was under severe stress. Judge McHugh was asked to leave Rogers without a conviction, saying this incident was extremely out of character.
BBC News
21-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
New initiative supports Guernsey Counselling Service
A new not-for profit initiative aims to help local charities with architectural expertise and construction Build for Good project is led by The Drawing Room in partnership with Rihoy & Son building contractors. Its first scheme will support Guernsey Counselling Service LBG (GCS), which helps those in need refurbish their premises, regardless of ability to for Good said it's seeking donations of fixtures and fittings from local companies. Rachel Rogers, from the Drawing Room, said late last year she and her business partner Tom Bourgaize agreed to do a charity project. She said they had initially reached out to charities offering help and the GCS got in touch. GCS had recently secured its own premises which requires a full refurbishment to make it fit for refurbishment will include three counselling rooms, a waiting room, and a back office at the charity's new premises on Les Vauxlaurens in St Peter Drawing Room staff are gifting their time to complete the design work, worth £10,000, and Rihoy & Son will undertake the construction work for free, worth £30, Rogers said the ideal scenario would be to do one similar build each year. 'Baby steps' She added they were looking for donations because they only had funding to do the inside of the building but not the outside. "We'd love to finish the whole building and make it look really smart, but it's baby steps at the moment", she Thornton, from GCS, said: "It was just perfect timing."We had only just acquired the premises at this time and it would have been a question of everybody pitching in and get the roller paints out which none of us would be very good at."
