Garda Representative Association

Garda Representative Association concerned over recent assaults on gardaí and says depleting Garda numbers is leading to increased pressure on frontline

Garda Representative Association says retaining Garda is becoming a problematic issue that must be addressed

Increase in violence, disrespect, oversight and paperwork all contributing to growing difficulties facing rank and file, Dáil hears

Garda Representative Association vehemently opposes new shorter daily shifts it says will reduce allowances and increase work-related costs

Youth leader says key to stopping anti-social behaviour is to expand services to intervene with impoverished families and support them intensively

Delegates told that lack of resources has led to three year backlog in examining devices

Garda Representative Association also concerned about ‘downward trend’ of recruitment

Gardaí join Ictu in seeking fresh negotiations over 2020’s Building Momentum deal

Uniformed member of the force left disoriented in early morning attack in Cavan

Uniform change is third in An Garda Síochána’s 100 year history

Fewer gardaí responding to emergency calls due to ‘alarming’ decline in staff numbers

No evidence presented to gardaí suspended more than a year ago, delegates are told

Anger and mistrust in evidence over investment of €4.5m in funds ‘without consultation’

Garda body demands clarity on Drew Harris’s definition of ‘preference’ versus ‘discretion’

Allegations of Garda corruption abound, but Harris’s clamp-down faces resistance

Unions say ‘extraordinary efforts’ of teaching staff during pandemic kept schools running

Extra public holiday would not be of ‘big benefit’ to transport workers, says NBRU

Changes intended to improve ‘performance and accountability’ says Dept of Justice

Members of rank-and-file Garda Representative Association support deal by 74% to 26%

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris wants to introduce mandatory drug testing for both sworn Garda members and civilian staff

Revised Garda policy: ‘Pull back, it’s not worth the risk,’ members are increasingly being told

AGSI and GRA support concept of testing but seek clarity on how new system will operate

HSE chief defends rollout plan amid reports of people skipping vaccination queue

New vaccine rollout plan not a reflection on ‘how valued’ certain workers are, says Minister

More arrests expected following violent scenes in Dublin city centre on Saturday

Officer to undergo surgery for injuries sustained during anti-lockdown protest in Dublin

Associations outside Ictu representing thousands of staff yet to ballot on agreement

GRA says trainees sent out to stations during Covid crisis experiencing financial hardship

Garda HQ says members of force affected by disease but capacity to do its duties remains

Lobbying body ‘needs to be looked into before it spins out of control’ – Mulligan

‘20k on your head’: Threats seen as response to work done by force in combatting crime

Renewed focus on spit-hood use following suffocation death of man in New York

Members and leaders of body disagree on cancellation of executive committee meeting

Inquiry to go on ‘relentlessly so others responsible for dreadful events ... may be brought to justice’

Masks will be mandatory, in most cases, on public transport from midnight on Sunday

Patrol strength informed by several factors including local risks, says experts

Castlerea priest tells of poignant scene when he performed last rites on detective in Roscommon

More than 300 members of force referred for testing and had to self-isolate

Craig Donegan sentenced to 28 days for coughing on officer through cell door