{"id":437858,"date":"2026-05-08T00:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/437858\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:39:08","slug":"listen-backits-not-just-a-job-its-a-vocation-cavan-superintendent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/437858\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen Back:\u201dIt\u2019s not just a job it\u2019s a vocation\u201d- Cavan Superintendent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A long standing and highly respected member of An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na has taken up the role of superintendent in Co Cavan in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Killeshandra native, Superintendent Gavin O&#8217;Reilly has replaced Superintendent John Callanan in the job who himself has taken over the responsibility for the Louth\/Cavan\/Monaghan Crime Functional Area.<\/p>\n<p>Mr O&#8217;Reilly who has been a member of An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na for 21 years says the focus of the force is all about community policing, community engagement and in turn keeping people safe.<\/p>\n<p>He said his message was very clear in terms of the leadership role that he holds within An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na in Cavan adding, it&#8217;s about the communities we serve, it&#8217;s about getting out there, being visible, engaging and having an impact.<\/p>\n<p>The newly appointed Superintendent in Cavan said when he says impact that doesn&#8217;t always mean statistics and data and arrests and prosecutions. It&#8217;s about the relationships, it&#8217;s about trust and confidence. It&#8217;s about visibility. It&#8217;s about keeping people safe, but more importantly, he says it&#8217;s about people feeling safe and having confidence in the force.<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent O&#8217;Reilly says a role within the force isn&#8217;t just a job but a vocation and he says while the new role is a challenge, it&#8217;s a challenge that he is relishing. He spoke to Ronan Gargan on today\u2019s programme.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A long standing and highly respected member of An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na has taken up the role of superintendent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-437858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}