Garda Representative Association

Member of the force is set to appear in court later this month on the charge stemming from 2024 incident

Political pressure works. That lesson will not be lost on other groups looking for more resources

GRA warns it may withdraw services around Ireland’s EU presidency and will cancel voluntary overtime on national holiday

Increase, up to 42 from 18 in 2024, comes after several high-profile cases resulted in convictions for force members

Eamon O’Neill and four serving gardaí wept and hugged after ‘not guilty’ verdicts read aloud in court

Gardaí need adequate tools and training. But Ireland must learn from international evidence about when Tasers add to safety and when they reduce it

Friendly warships and threats from drones: planning steps up for major summit in Ireland next year as part of the EU presidency

‘Constant presence’ of gardaí confirmed at Ipas centre as footage released to identify rioters

Seventeen people due in court on Thursday morning charged with public order offences

C&AG report says GRA complained members should not have to share hotel rooms for match policing duty

Good work must be recognised, poor performance addressed and accountability must be consistent. This requires a solid, meaningful performance management system

Crowe report found some frontline gardaí working in area openly ‘hostile’ towards doing their jobs

Officer on routine patrol taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

Recruitment, domestic violence, morale and the narcotics trade will head the agenda for incoming chief

Drew Harris’s successor to be appointed on Tuesday

Garda associations call on Government to address ‘high level’ of resignations and sluggish recruitment

Officials are highly reluctant to ‘cancel’ calls from the public and classify them as non-police matters, due to fears for repercussions

Members unhappy at management policies, force’s approach to discipline and use of suspensions

Drew Harris’s policies have ‘single-handedly removed community policing from Ireland’, says GRA general secretary Ronan Slevin

Another motion at GRA conference calls on Garda Commissioner to ‘urgently address’ shortage in forensic collision investigators

Corporate Enforcement Authority works with gardaí to investigate white-collar crime

Garda Representative Association looks set for head-on dispute with Jim O’Callaghan when relations with Garda chief Drew Harris already poor

Measures if approved by Government pose ‘significant and detrimental threat’ to rights of gardaí, says GRA chief

Representative bodies in force strongly critical of the number and duration of suspensions

Usually there would be a stampede within the Garda ranks among ambitious officers who wanted the job. But not this time

Rank-and-file gardaí considering ‘work to rule’ which could affect policing of football match at Aviva Stadium

Some €3.2m spent since start of last year on public order kit, including protective bodywear, riot shields and more powerful pepper sprays

Force cannot provide ‘free security service’ for large former Crown Paints building at centre of protest, sources say

The strain which the refugee accommodation crisis is putting on the apparatus of the State is visible

Garda Representative Association concerned over ‘delay that endangered members', but McEntee satisfied with response

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission accessed journalists’ phone records as part of investigations into gardaí, though journalists not accused of any wrongdoing

Department of Public Expenditure says it is ‘actively engaging with stakeholders to develop more streamlined process’ for those retiring under pension changes introduced in 1995

Coalition of representative bodies seeks Government to re-introduce supplementary pension to bridge gap until State pension age

Commissioner’s absence from 11,500-strong Garda Representative Association conference a turn for the worse

The perpetrators of the ugly scenes outside Roderic O’Gorman’s home are contemptuous of democratic values as well as of basic standards of civility

Finding the ‘proportionate and appropriate response’ comes with internal and external challenges

The steel cap on the standard issue public order boot does not cover the entire foot, gardaí say

Members ‘second guessing’ legislation around policing intimidatory anti-immigration protests

Rank and file Garda organisation described decision as ‘extremely disappointing’

Sergeants and inspectors have used their annual conference - the traditional ‘get it off your chest’ three-day session - to air their grievances