Police (Gardaí) or Prison Service Staff in the Republic of Ireland do not ordinarily carry automatic weapons. The police and prison service are unarmed unless they are in an emergency situation. Simply standing guard, they would not be issued firearms.
"One thousand years of vodka and cigarettes," while evocative, would not affect vocal cords in the way described by Toby. Acquired characteristics are not passed on through genetic material, only mutations to the actual DNA are.
The license plate of the car in Ireland has an incorrect format.
There are no prisons in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.