The Garda is setting up a group to support the families of members killed in the line of duty.
An estimated 31 officers have been killed or murdered since 1922, and nine more have died in patrol car crashes.
The Garda Survivors Support Association (GSSA) will be headed by Ann McCabe, whose husband Jerry was shot dead by an IRA gang in Adare, Co Limerick, in 1996.
"Those who have lost a member of the force from their lives often feel left behind by the organisation which had played a major part in their lives. The GSSA will go a long way in redressing this," she said.
The association will also cater for the families of gardaí who died of natural causes while serving with the force. Similar associations have been in existence for many years in Britain and Northern Ireland, which has the Royal Ulster Constabulary Widows' Association.
The GSSA will be formally unveiled at the Westmanstown Sports Centre in Dublin next Thursday. Justice Michael McDowell and Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy have been invited to attend.
PA