Italy scrum-half Stephen Varney positive for Covid-19 ahead of Ireland fixture
The sides meet in their refixed Six Nations game next week.
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The sides meet in their refixed Six Nations game next week.
Ronan MacLochlainn was shot dead by gardaí during an attempted armed robbery of a Securicor van in Ashford in 1998.
Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar said this morning that ‘it’s not in the gardaí’s interest’ to strike.
Meanwhile AGSI president Antoinette Cunningham said that if the strike does happen: “Please ring the government and tell them that it’s their fault”.
Ireland is in breach of European rules by not allowing the force to engage in industrial action.
Trumpeting their success with the promissory note last week, up against the unions this week. We are not out of the woods yet, not by a long shot, writes Kieran Allen.
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan said after the meeting he hopes nothing will be said or done to interfere with the public’s support.
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Cuts to garda pay and conditions are shameful and short-sighted – but officers have a civic duty that overrides any option of industrial action, writes Aaron McKenna.
Martin Callinan has arranged to meet with the Garda Representative Association as it calls for solidarity against pay cuts.
The GRA said concerns raised in recent meetings of garda divisions across the country will be brought before the national executive.
Meetings of the Garda Representative Association in parts of Dublin, Kerry, Cork and Tipperary took place last night.
Following a meeting in Cork City earlier this week, gardaí in other divisions have been voting on a potential ‘blue flu’ as well as motions of no confidence in Minister Shatter and Commissioner Callinan.
Last night gardaí in Cork City voted unanimously to pass a motion calling for industrial action over proposed cuts to pay and allowances.
Motion for action over proposed pay cuts passed unanimously at Cork City Garda division meeting this evening.