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# garda-representative-association - Tuesday 14 May, 2013

Gardaí to keep premium payments after latest public pay talks

The GRA says its talks at the Labour Relations Commission mark the first time it’s ever negotiated directly with employers.

# garda-representative-association - Monday 29 April, 2013

Gardaí ‘should be treated like judges’ in pay talks

The Garda Representative Association sees the situation of rank and file gardaí as similar to that of judges.

# garda-representative-association - Friday 12 April, 2013

Garda protest outside EU finance ministers meeting in Dublin Castle

Members of the Garda Representative Association are protesting outside the two-day summit of finance chiefs.

# garda-representative-association - Monday 25 March, 2013

Silence greets Shatter as he tells gardaí that protests do disservice to force

Alan Shatter delivered a speech to the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors in Sligo tonight with delegates giving him a frosty reception.

# garda-representative-association - Saturday 23 March, 2013

Gardaí feel like ‘sitting ducks’ after decision to withdraw Uzi submachine guns

Revolvers carried by detectives were replaced with semi-automatic handguns to “meet the policing needs” but gardaí say this is not enough.

# garda-representative-association - Wednesday 20 March, 2013

GRA protest at the Dáil over cuts to pay

The Garda Representative Association says the deal now being voted on by the trade union movement is “blatantly unfair” .

# garda-representative-association - Sunday 3 March, 2013

‘I have given as much as I can’ – garda speaks out against pay cuts

The garda source said many colleagues have difficulties with the potential impact of industrial action but they feel they are backed into a corner.

Varadkar: No special pay deals for unions who walked out of talks

The transport minister says unions who left the Croke Park 2 talks left members “high and dry” and cannot get concessions.

# garda-representative-association - Saturday 2 March, 2013

Gardaí to roll out ‘second menu of options’ after GRA meeting next week

The new set of options could see gardaí refuse to work overtime without a written request from the officer in charge.

# garda-representative-association - Friday 1 March, 2013

Garda body lashes out at SIPTU comments on pay deal

The Garda Representative Association rubbishes Patricia King’s claims that Gardaí could have secured a ‘side deal’.

# garda-representative-association - Friday 22 February, 2013

GRA protest at pay talks ‘a bad day’ for Garda reputation: Shatter

The Minister for Justice criticises the attitude of Garda bodies for refusing to participate in the public pay talks.

UPDATE: Sergeants and inspectors join garda action in protest over pay cuts

The protest will see gardaí withdrawing all voluntary tasks and sticking following health and safety procedures.

# garda-representative-association - Monday 18 February, 2013

‘We have no more to give’: Over 3,000 attend Frontline services rally

Unions representing prison workers, hospital staff, ambulance workers and Gardaí attend a major rally in Tallaght.

# garda-representative-association - Saturday 16 February, 2013

Garda Commissioner sets date for meeting with garda body

Earlier this week the GRA called for a meeting with Callinan, saying it is convinced he is unaware of the impact of proposed pay cuts.

# garda-representative-association - Tuesday 12 February, 2013

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Poll: Would you support a garda ‘blue flu’?

More Gardaí have voted in favour of industrial action as they face pay reforms.

More gardaí vote in favour of industrial action, no confidence in Shatter

Meetings of the Garda Representative Association in parts of Dublin, Kerry, Cork and Tipperary took place last night.

# garda-representative-association - Monday 4 February, 2013

Gardaí ‘will not accept pay cuts’ as sergeants question Shatter figures

The associations representing both Garda sergeants and ordinary members have lashed out at the government today.

‘It’s not on’ – Garda Commissioner critical of work-to-rule, ‘blue flu’ threats

Growing tensions between gardaí and the government, which is seeking €60 million in new savings, could lead to protests that would hamper the ability of the force to operate to its full capacity.

# garda-representative-association - Friday 1 February, 2013

The 5 at 5: Friday

5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.

GRA rejects proposed cuts to garda pay and allowances

Briefing documents show that the government is seeking to extend the working day and cut overtime and payments for working on public holidays.

# garda-representative-association - Friday 25 January, 2013

Garda sergeants and inspectors withdrawing from Croke Park talks

The AGSI said yesterday that it was dissatisfied with the proposed cuts to allowances put on the table during talks.

# garda-representative-association - Tuesday 8 January, 2013

€35m Garda payroll cut to significantly impact force numbers

As many as 1,400 serving Gardaí may have to be be cut in response to budget cuts.

# garda-representative-association - Friday 5 October, 2012

Dáil to debate five year jail terms for assaults on emergency workers

Fianna Fáil proposed legislation will call for a crackdown on those convicted of assaulting or threatening an emergency worker in the line of duty.

# garda-representative-association - Thursday 9 August, 2012

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# garda-representative-association - Tuesday 17 April, 2012

Shatter: Garda fears over station closures are “alarmist and irresponsible”

The justice minister tells the Garda Representative Association that suggestions about crime levels rising are “damaging”.

# garda-representative-association - Sunday 1 April, 2012

Shatter confirms investigation into slashing of Garda on deportation flight

The government has for the first time confirmed the details of an incident on board a repatriation flight from Madrid to Nigeria last month.

# garda-representative-association - Thursday 29 March, 2012

The Daily Fix: Thursday

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GRA chief warns of ‘risk to public safety’ over escaped prisoner incident

Damien McCarthy condemned the reasoning behind the transfer of a convicted garda killer to a low-security prison – saying that lax adherence to established standards was resulting in a risk to public safety.

# garda-representative-association - Friday 16 March, 2012

Gardaí are ‘not getting protection they need’ – Calleary

The Fianna Fáil TD has raised a number of concerns after it emerged that a garda was attacked and slashed with a sharp object aboard a repatriation flight last week.

GRA questions holding garda killer in low-security facility

The Garda Representative Association has also called for tougher sentences for certain murders, such as the killing of gardaí.

# garda-representative-association - Thursday 15 December, 2011

Garda group raises ‘serious concerns’ over actions of Ombudsman

The Ombudsman’s office has rejected allegations that its staff acted inappropriately.

Interview: ‘Two gardaí assaulted each day: the uniform doesn’t protect us’

GRA president Damien McCarthy paints a picture for TheJournal.ie of a force nearing breaking point – and raises “serious concerns” about the garda watchdog.

# garda-representative-association - Monday 5 December, 2011

Gardaí warn that station closures ‘will change DNA of policing’

31 Garda stations will be closed as part of Budget cutbacks – a move that Gardaí say will destroy the ethos of community policing.

# garda-representative-association - Thursday 1 December, 2011

Minister may order HSE to pay staff their expenses

It emerged this week that the HSE was withholding travel costs from staff until next year.

# garda-representative-association - Thursday 24 November, 2011

Garda services will be hit by cost of State visits, warns GRA

The government is “resisting paying” for the security operation around the visits earlier this year, the union has said.

# garda-representative-association - Tuesday 21 June, 2011

Gardaí endured “unnecessary hardships” during Obama and Queen visits

The Garda representative body says some members were denied “basic human needs” and felt “undervalued”.

# garda-representative-association - Thursday 14 April, 2011

Gardaí ‘lack resources for major emergency or terrorist threat’

The president of the Garda Representative Association has voiced his concerns about the force’s ability to cope with a major terrorist threat.

# garda-representative-association - Monday 11 April, 2011

The 9 at 9: Monday

Nine things you need to know by 9am: Gaddafi agrees to a ceasefire in Libya, Fianna Fáil propose reform to political donations, and how coffee addiction could be genetic…

# garda-representative-association - Thursday 7 April, 2011

Corrib Gardaí assigned to desk duty pending investigation

Garda commissioner Martin Callinan apologises for the recorded comments made by officers, who have been transferred.

# garda-representative-association - Wednesday 6 April, 2011

Men’s network and Labour Women condemn Garda ‘rape’ remarks

Lobby groups representing both sexes – as well as three Garda unions – speak out against comments heard in recordings.

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