Hanging wires, cramped locker rooms, no custody areas - gardaí say they work in 'third world conditions'
Gardaí at the GRA conference this year said no other public servants would be expected to work in these kinds of conditions.
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Gardaí at the GRA conference this year said no other public servants would be expected to work in these kinds of conditions.
A Cork garda recounted an armed incident in which he believes lives were put at risk because of a lack of equipment.
General Secretary of the GRA PJ Stone was responding to allegations made in the Dáil by TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace.
In many cases offenders get off with suspended sentences or community service, they say.
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.
Vice President Ciaran O’Neill said people are going into work “barely able to feed their families, juggling what bills to pay”.
Garda representatives have said there is a “sinister element” to some of the protests and their members need better protection.
Garda representatives are calling for tasers to be introduced.
The Garda Representative Association annual delegate conference begins tomorrow.