Garda morale rocked by politicians taking advantage of controversies
In his opening address to delegates at the Garda Representative Association Conference, President John Parker also says there had been draconian prosecutions by GSOC in some cases.
View Article1,000 gardaí are assaulted each year
Members of the GRA’s executive council said there is a need for a new system to address this, as well as legislation with harsher penalties for anyone who attacks a member of the force.
View ArticleCrimes 'slipping through the net' due to lack of garda resources
The GRA said businesses and communities are paying the price for poor resourcing and people are now deciding not to report some crimes at all.
View ArticleActing Garda Commissioner to receive warm welcome from rank and file gardaí
GRA President John Parker said Noirín O’Sullivan has the 100 per cent support of his association.
View Article51 bomb disposal callouts this year and 'we receive no training, no...
Delegates at the GRA Conference have passed a motion calling for all gardaí to be given training in dealing with firearms and the various incidents in which they have to deal with them.
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Minds out of the gutter, please, this is serious business.
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Interim Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan said the force is determined to focus on drugs and organised crime.
View ArticleGardaí recording interviews still have to take written notes, and they say...
“It means we cannot have a free flowing conversation with the prisoner”, says one garda.
View ArticleGardaí to debate law on holding drunk prisoners until they sober up
Delegates at the GRA conference will debate the legal implications of doing this, with one who is in favour of the motion saying it would help keep intoxicated prisoners safe.
View ArticleGarda chief confident Adrian Donohoe's killers will be brought to justice
Speaking at the GRA conference yesterday evening, O’Sullivan said the force is determined to apprehend the people who murdered the 41-year-old father of two.
View ArticleG-Force: We still have a huge number of gay gardaí hiding every day
A support network for the LGBT community said things have improved in the force but there’s still a way to go.
View ArticlePJ Stone says Callinan was sacked by government on 'political whim'
The General Secretary of the GRA said the Department of Justice should have no control over who the next Garda Commissioner is.
View ArticleMachine guns, tasers and pay rises on agenda for rank and file gardaí
The Garda Representative Association annual delegate conference begins tomorrow.
View ArticleGardaí: 'Batons and pepper spray won't deter religious fundamentalists'
Garda representatives are calling for tasers to be introduced.
View ArticleReward for garda's name and address offered on anti-water charges site
Garda representatives have said there is a “sinister element” to some of the protests and their members need better protection.
View ArticleGardaí: Some officers are worse off than people on the dole
Vice President Ciaran O’Neill said people are going into work “barely able to feed their families, juggling what bills to pay”.
View ArticleAllegations garda shot civilian dead should be brought to GSOC - Commissioner
Nóirín O’Sullivan said she does not have enough detail about the alleged incident, raised in the Dáil by Clare Daly, to even conclude that it was a murder.
View ArticleHead-butts, bites and a broken nose - but no jail time for garda attackers
In many cases offenders get off with suspended sentences or community service, they say.
View ArticleTDs accused of using Dáil privilege to 'sully the good name' of gardaí
General Secretary of the GRA PJ Stone was responding to allegations made in the Dáil by TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace.
View Article'We had to wrap stab vests around three kids to protect them from gunfire'
A Cork garda recounted an armed incident in which he believes lives were put at risk because of a lack of equipment.
View ArticleHanging wires, cramped locker rooms, no custody areas - gardaí say they work...
Gardaí at the GRA conference this year said no other public servants would be expected to work in these kinds of conditions.
View ArticleCan Ireland continue to operate without an armed police force?
Rank-and-file gardaí will discuss their concerns about armed cover at the Garda Representative Association annual conference.
View ArticleTerrorism, assaults and the right to grow beards will be debated by...
An internal dispute about two motions being removed from the GRA’s agenda is also likely to boil over this week.
View Article'I've been bitten, spat at, assaulted': Noirin O'Sullivan says she can relate...
The Commissioner was responding to personal stories of gardai who had been attacked, including one who needed 22 staples in his elbow.
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Garda management will present an interim report on the breath test scandal to the Policing Authority this week.
View Article'We can't keep our head in the sand': Only 3 armed gardaí covering Dublin...
Rank-and-file gardaí have warned they are not prepared for the types of terrorist attacks that have been happening in Europe.
View Article'It'll grow on you': Gardaí demand the right to wear a beard on duty
“It’s not like we want to reunite the Dubliners and start growing beards all over the place.”
View ArticleConcern gardaí will become targets for terrorists at post-Brexit border posts
Garda representatives have said the force simply does not have the resources to police a hardened border.
View ArticleGardaí say drink driving cases 'struck out' due to lack of clarity over use...
Gardaí are calling on the Commissioner to provide clear protocols on the detention of drink drivers.
View ArticleJustice Minister rejects claim he's been 'negligent', says gardaí have...
Flanagan said he will be meeting with the Garda Commissioner later today about the situation with feuding gangs in Drogheda.
View ArticleCommissioner to send 25 new recruits to Drogheda in crackdown on gang feud
The Commissioner said he could always do with more resources but his responsibility is to use the budget he is given effectively.
View ArticleGardaí want allowance for members stationed in rent pressure zones
The GRA said this issue is particularly impacting on new recruits who are on lower incomes.
View Article'It's a kip': Gardaí describe 'horrendous' conditions in stations
The GRA said people have resigned over the working conditions.
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