Integrated Risk Management Services
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Integrated Risk Management Services (I-RMS) is the trading name of a private security company
Business Mobile Security Services Ltd based in Naas
, Ireland
. I-RMS are licensed by the Private Security Authority, the statutory body responsible for licensing and regulation of the private security industry in Ireland. It is also a member of the Transported Asset Protection Association.
, Kenya
. This subsidiary has formed a joint venture, KK Lodgit, with KK Security, one of Africa's largest security companies.
I-RMS works closely with An Garda Síochána to provide security for the various sites surrounding the landfall of the Corrib gas project pipeline at Glengad
beach in Erris
, County Mayo
where protesters
who are opposed to the pipeline route have sought to disrupt work.
Complaints have been made to the Private Security Authority that all 156 I-RMS employees working on the project do not wear correct identification. No formal action was taken, though the PSA has confirmed it was "working with" the company to ensure staff wore identification, commenting that it was the most monitored private security company in Ireland.
Many employees, including Michael Dwyer who was a team leader, worked for the company without the appropriate PSA licence.
It denied involvement in two incidents related to the Shell Corrib project:
, shot dead by Bolivia
n police in April 2009, had worked for the firm, as a team leader, on the Shell Corrib project. Dwyer had travelled to Bolivia with four other former I-RMS employees, supposedly to join a bodyguard training course, but ended up in the armed entourage of Eduardo Rózsa-Flores
, who was also shot dead by police. Rózsa-Flores was suspected of attempting to subvert the government of Evo Morales
. According to La Prensa the people who travelled with Dwyer on November 17, 2008 were (Tibor) Revesz, (Gabor) Dudog and (Ivan) Pistovcak. The media has speculated that the link between Dwyer and Rózsa-Flores was former I-RMS employee Tibor Revesz. Revesz is also the founding member of the Szekler Legion, a paramilitary group that wants autonomy for Hungarians living in Romania. An unsigned posting on the Szekler Legion website last October called for people to send their CVs to a stated email address if they believed they could assist an unnamed man – now believed to be Flores – in the protection of his “homeland” Santa Cruz. Dwyer also befriended, in Ireland, another Legion member, Elod Toaso, who was arrested in the same Bolivia Incident. The company confirmed that two of those who travelled with Dwyer resigned in late May 2009.
Private security company
A private security company is a for-profit enterprise, sometimes a corporation or a limited liability partnership, which provides armed and unarmed security services and expertise to private and public clients. Private security companies are defined by the U.S...
Business Mobile Security Services Ltd based in Naas
Naas
Naas is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. With a population of just over twenty thousand, it is also the largest town in the county. Naas is a major commuter suburb, with many people residing there and working in Dublin...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. I-RMS are licensed by the Private Security Authority, the statutory body responsible for licensing and regulation of the private security industry in Ireland. It is also a member of the Transported Asset Protection Association.
Services Provided
I-RMS provide the following services:- Corporate: business risk consultancy, logistics security, surveillance & counter surveillance
- Standard security: guarding, cash in transit, patrols, key holding
- Events services: corporate & private events, festivals & sporting occasions, security personnel, Mobile ATMs
- Special services: security consultancy, courier services, international security project management
Affiliates
I-RMS have a subsidiary, I-RMS Africa Ltd., based in NairobiNairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
. This subsidiary has formed a joint venture, KK Lodgit, with KK Security, one of Africa's largest security companies.
Corrib Gas Project
Glengad
Glengad is a small Gaeltacht village in the parish of Kilcommon in northwest County Mayo, Ireland. The townland is also known as Dooncarton , a name which comes from an Iron Age tribal chieftain called Ciortan, a character who appears in the Ulster Cycle legend of the Táin Bó Flidhais.The village...
beach in Erris
Erris
Erris is a barony in northwestern County Mayo in Ireland consisting of over , much of which is mountainous blanket bog. It has extensive sea coasts along its west and north boundaries. The main towns are Belmullet and Bangor Erris. The name Erris derives from the Irish 'Iar Ros' meaning 'western...
, County Mayo
County Mayo
County Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...
where protesters
Shell to Sea
Shell to Sea is a campaign based in Cill Chomáin parish, Erris, County Mayo, Ireland which opposes the proposed construction of a natural gas pipeline through the parish and the ongoing construction by Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil and Vermilion Energy Trust of a refinery at Bellanaboy intended to...
who are opposed to the pipeline route have sought to disrupt work.
Complaints have been made to the Private Security Authority that all 156 I-RMS employees working on the project do not wear correct identification. No formal action was taken, though the PSA has confirmed it was "working with" the company to ensure staff wore identification, commenting that it was the most monitored private security company in Ireland.
Many employees, including Michael Dwyer who was a team leader, worked for the company without the appropriate PSA licence.
It denied involvement in two incidents related to the Shell Corrib project:
- An alleged assault on protester Willie CorduffWillie CorduffWillie Corduff is an Irish environmental activist from the farming community of Rossport, parish of Kilcommon, Erris. Corduff's parents first arrived in Rossport in 1947, and reclaimed a farm by hand out of bogland. He became a campaigner against Shells' activities in his local area...
, RossportRossportRos Dumhach is a Gaeltacht village and townland in northwest County Mayo, Ireland. It is within the barony of Erris and parish of Kilcommon...
, at one of the compounds in April 2009, which resulted in his hospitalisation. The company later confirmed that employees had intended to remove Corduff, but found him standing up, and had him taken away by ambulance when he complained of chest pains. - The sinking of a fishing boat belonging to another campaigner, Pat O'Donnell, in June 2009.
Michael Dwyer
I-RMS attracted considerable media attention following the revelation that a former employee, Michael DwyerMichael Martin Dwyer
Michael Dwyer was shot dead by Bolivian Police on April 16, 2009, by Police Special Forces, in the Las Americas Hotel, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.-Background:...
, shot dead by Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
n police in April 2009, had worked for the firm, as a team leader, on the Shell Corrib project. Dwyer had travelled to Bolivia with four other former I-RMS employees, supposedly to join a bodyguard training course, but ended up in the armed entourage of Eduardo Rózsa-Flores
Eduardo Rózsa-Flores
Eduardo Rózsa-Flores was a Bolivian-Hungarian mercenary, journalist, actor, and secret agent. Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, he was known in Hungary as Rózsa-Flores Eduardo or Rózsa György Eduardo...
, who was also shot dead by police. Rózsa-Flores was suspected of attempting to subvert the government of Evo Morales
Evo Morales
Juan Evo Morales Ayma , popularly known as Evo , is a Bolivian politician and activist, currently serving as the 80th President of Bolivia, a position that he has held since 2006. He is also the leader of both the Movement for Socialism party and the cocalero trade union...
. According to La Prensa the people who travelled with Dwyer on November 17, 2008 were (Tibor) Revesz, (Gabor) Dudog and (Ivan) Pistovcak. The media has speculated that the link between Dwyer and Rózsa-Flores was former I-RMS employee Tibor Revesz. Revesz is also the founding member of the Szekler Legion, a paramilitary group that wants autonomy for Hungarians living in Romania. An unsigned posting on the Szekler Legion website last October called for people to send their CVs to a stated email address if they believed they could assist an unnamed man – now believed to be Flores – in the protection of his “homeland” Santa Cruz. Dwyer also befriended, in Ireland, another Legion member, Elod Toaso, who was arrested in the same Bolivia Incident. The company confirmed that two of those who travelled with Dwyer resigned in late May 2009.