Detective duo net €5m and charge more than 200 suspects in fraud investigations
Money laundering network deployed by criminals operating countrywide, Garda conference hears
Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors
‘If you want to be a garda, be one’: force members recommend career despite issues
No regrets for many gardaí despite concerns over social media threats and pension rules
Gardaí to deploy drones for day-to-day policing after new unit created
Aerial devices could be used during public order incidents such as riots and for searches
‘Doxing’ tactics being more commonly used against gardaí, conference hears
Much online content accompanied by videos of gardaí on duty recorded with ‘phones shoved into their faces’
Minister and commissioner to face criticism at AGSI conference over Garda suspensions
Recent failed investigation over allegations penalty points being illegally ‘squared’ reveals crisis in suspension system, AGSI says
Man (38) jailed over ‘vile social media attacks’ on former Agsi chief Antoinette Cunningham
Andrew McGovern, from Rathowen, pleaded guilty to posting ‘sinister’ and ‘blatantly false’ material on Twitter
Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly will have to tackle myth that gardaí are immune to consequences
Good work must be recognised, poor performance addressed and accountability must be consistent. This requires a solid, meaningful performance management system
Row within Garda amid problems with online promotion test
Process hit by technical issues, with those who complained allowed retake same two-hour assessment for second time
Garda staff body accuses Drew Harris of ‘drip-feeding’ damaging allegations to the media about roads policing
Crowe report found some frontline gardaí working in area openly ‘hostile’ towards doing their jobs
New Garda commissioner faces challenge of expanding force as retirements set to rise
Drew Harris’s successor to be appointed on Tuesday
Halt in decline of Garda resignations sparks concern
Garda associations call on Government to address ‘high level’ of resignations and sluggish recruitment
Former AGSI chief ‘profoundly distressed’ by social media attacks, court hears
Antoinette Cunningham says content posted by Andrew McGovern was ‘filled with hate, disinformation, offensive content, lies’
Man guilty of harassing prominent Garda representative with ‘offensive material’
Andrew McGovern (38) targeted Antoinette Cunningham two years ago while she was general secretary of Agsi
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‘Sometimes the law takes a while to catch up’
Garda numbers crisis: ‘We could lose 30% to 50% of our organisation in five years’
Measures are urgently needed to tackle a ‘cliff edge’ as retirements due to surge, say sergeants and inspectors
‘Time for some hard truths’: AGSI president criticises Drew Harris’s record
Garda Commissioner, who is due to retire, is leaving legacy of ‘disharmony’ and ‘a recruitment crisis’, conference hears
Garda Commissioner insists protesters arrested in Dublin were not strip-searched, and no cavity search
TDs alleged members of Mothers Against Genocide group faced ‘strip searches, degrading treatment and cavity search’
Gardaí called for new approach to ‘antagonising’ practices of so-called citizen journalists
Those who film gardaí, often associated with far right, have become so prolific, new guidelines needed -Agsi
Garda numbers set for significant decline, sergeants and inspectors warn
Predicted drop of 2,000 in Garda numbers would put major pressure on street policing, Garda investigations and 999 call response times
Garda sergeants and inspectors call for review of major policing reforms
AGSI annual delegate conference in Killarney also set to hear calls for urgent examination of rules around ‘citizen journalists’
Garda HQ defends Commissioner Drew Harris over suspensions and disciplinary cases
Representative bodies in force strongly critical of the number and duration of suspensions
Why senior Garda officers are ‘livid’ over latest bid to fill deputy commissioner post
Usually there would be a stampede within the Garda ranks among ambitious officers who wanted the job. But not this time
Superintendents refusing to take part in Garda reforms after row over ‘double jobbing’
Roll out of new Garda ‘operating model’ across the country affected by dispute
Why the Garda watchdog is now under fire over surveillance on journalists’ phones
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission accessed journalists’ phone records as part of investigations into gardaí, though journalists not accused of any wrongdoing
RSA welcomes Harris directive on mandatory road safety policing by uniformed gardaí
Commissioner’s instruction for members met with scepticism in force
Cold uniforms, suspensions, sleeping in cars: The pain is real in the Garda
Sergeants and inspectors have used their annual conference - the traditional ‘get it off your chest’ three-day session - to air their grievances
Drew Harris criticises ‘outrageous’ draping of Tricolour on coffin of garda killer Pearse McAuley
‘Days of gardaí trawling through hours of footage’ should be over, Minister tells conference
Garda numbers need to reach 18,000 to cope with demands, says Agsi
Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors believes Garda plan to grow force to 15,000 out of step with modern policing demands
Sergeants, inspectors urge Minister for Justice to review how gardaí are investigated
Calls follow four-year process into allegation Midlands-based garda stole bike from Garda stores, ending in exoneration
Garda recruitment ‘really gaining momentum’, McEntee claims
Class of new recruits passing out in Templemore on Friday numbers 166, short of target of 200
Garda numbers continue to fall despite major recruitment effort
While 746 recruits entered Garda College last year, the number of gardaí resigning and retiring was larger
Antoinette Cunningham to retire from role as AGSI general secretary
Cunningham was first woman to become a full-time official with one of garda members’ representative bodies
Garda reservists urged to join full-time force after changes to entry criteria
Reserve Garda members - who are part-time and unpaid - will have dedicated stream in new Garda recruitment process opening next Monday
Gardaí want right to strike, better pay and bigger pensions to address recruitment ‘crisis’
Pay for Garda recruits and serving members needs to rise to make policing a more attractive career option, say AGSI and GRA
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