# thin-blue-line - Tuesday 21 January, 2020
# Back Up
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Garda management has rejected claims that the force’s armed support capability is not sufficient.
# thin-blue-line - Thursday 22 November, 2018
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A number of the affected probationer gardaí had already made alternative accommodation arrangements.
# thin-blue-line - Thursday 20 September, 2018
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The Garda Commissioner said the organisation will significantly exceed the budget and this is not sustainable.
# thin-blue-line - Sunday 17 June, 2018
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Murder, sexual assault and gun violence has blighted the area in the last month.
# thin-blue-line - Wednesday 30 May, 2018
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Garda representatives have said cross border criminals are not afraid to use guns and do not take gardaí seriously.
# thin-blue-line - Monday 28 May, 2018
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The Garda Representative Association has said many assaults go unrecorded because officers carry on working afterwards.
# thin-blue-line - Sunday 29 April, 2018
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The Garda Representative Association said its members should no longer be “punching bags for every criminal who wants to take a pot shot”.
# thin-blue-line - Friday 22 December, 2017
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The GRA says there is no comparable occupation where employees are likely to suffer such a debilitating range of injuries while doing their normal duties.
# thin-blue-line - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
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Paschal Donohoe said increased spending on gardaí must go hand in hand with reform in the organisation.
# thin-blue-line - Wednesday 3 May, 2017
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Superintendent Noel Cunningham said gardaí on the ground were frequently being called to serious incidents immediately after checkpoints.
# thin-blue-line - Tuesday 25 April, 2017
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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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The Garda Ombudsman last week launched an investigation into the events surrounding the garda’s killing.
# thin-blue-line - Wednesday 12 April, 2017
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A 24/7 counselling service was launched for gardaí last year.
# thin-blue-line - Thursday 22 December, 2016
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‘My most foolhardy move?’ Leaving the private sector and joining An Garda Síochána, admits this frontline worker.
# thin-blue-line - Tuesday 6 December, 2016
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In a ballot of 2,103 members of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, 95% voted to accept proposals.
# thin-blue-line - Monday 5 December, 2016
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Three-quarters of GRA gardaí have voted to accept the Labour Court’s recommendations on pay and conditions.
# thin-blue-line - Friday 2 December, 2016
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From The42
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The Clare man also opens up on the frantic spell that saw him enter and exit the race to succeed Davy Fitzgerald as Banner boss.
# thin-blue-line - Wednesday 9 November, 2016
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The news comes after the GRA general secretary survived a motion of no confidence.
# thin-blue-line - Tuesday 8 November, 2016
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Gardaí are mulling over the deal as they wait for their ballot papers to arrive.
# thin-blue-line - Monday 7 November, 2016
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The GRA’s central executive committee met at its Dublin headquarters today.
# thin-blue-line - Saturday 5 November, 2016
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Garda associations are due to start balloting their members on the Labour Court recommendations given to them Thursday night.
# thin-blue-line - Thursday 3 November, 2016
# New Recruits
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They were contacted today so arrangements could be made to deal with repayment.
# Garda Strike
# Garda Strike
The Labour Court is now assessing submissions made by the GRA after the association said Friday’s strike will go ahead.
# thin-blue-line - Wednesday 2 November, 2016
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Payslips received tonight show possible wage deductions after increments were apparently paid in error.
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Any non-binding recommendation from the Labour Court will be put to members for a ballot, the GRA has said.
# thin-blue-line - Tuesday 1 November, 2016
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The assimilation of rent allowance into core pay and payment for parading time were included in proposals.
# thin-blue-line - Saturday 22 October, 2016
# Macushla Revolt
# Macushla Revolt
Known as the Macushla Revolt, a meeting to protest an unfair pay deal led to the dismissal of 11 gardaí.
# thin-blue-line - Tuesday 18 October, 2016
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Garda representatives say it is highly likely the strikes will go ahead, claiming the government has left them with no other option.
# thin-blue-line - Monday 17 October, 2016
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Middle-ranking gardaí will also stage two work-to-rule days before the November work stoppages.
# thin-blue-line - Tuesday 19 July, 2016
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Rank-and-file gardaí were back protesting outside Government Buildings again today.
# thin-blue-line - Thursday 30 June, 2016
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The action comes after GRA President Ciaran O’Neill said they were ruling nothing out in terms of industrial action.
# thin-blue-line - Tuesday 28 June, 2016
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GRA President Ciaran O’Neill said a pay freeze due to come into force this Friday would have a disproportionate effect on the newest garda recruits.
# thin-blue-line - Tuesday 17 May, 2016
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Gardaí protesting today told us how austerity pay cuts affected them and their families.
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The new government will be greeted by some very dissatisfied public servants on their first day in the Dáil.
# thin-blue-line - Tuesday 10 May, 2016
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They will not march in uniform, as originally proposed, but anyone taking part has been asked to wear something blue.
# thin-blue-line - Monday 2 November, 2015
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Each border county has seen a significant drop in garda numbers in the last five years, and the officers on the ground are feeling the effects.
# thin-blue-line - Wednesday 3 September, 2014
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*Statistically — no, you don’t.
# thin-blue-line - Wednesday 11 December, 2013
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Around 20,000 people are expected to apply for the new roles. Minister Alan Shatter is set to give more details on numbers tomorrow.
