Good work must be recognised, poor performance addressed and accountability must be consistent. This requires a solid, meaningful performance management system
Process hit by technical issues, with those who complained allowed retake same two-hour assessment for second time
Crowe report found some frontline gardaí working in area openly ‘hostile’ towards doing their jobs
Garda associations call on Government to address ‘high level’ of resignations and sluggish recruitment
Drew Harris’s successor to be appointed on Tuesday
Antoinette Cunningham says content posted by Andrew McGovern was ‘filled with hate, disinformation, offensive content, lies’
Andrew McGovern (38) targeted Antoinette Cunningham two years ago while she was general secretary of Agsi
‘Sometimes the law takes a while to catch up’
Measures are urgently needed to tackle a ‘cliff edge’ as retirements due to surge, say sergeants and inspectors
Garda Commissioner, who is due to retire, is leaving legacy of ‘disharmony’ and ‘a recruitment crisis’, conference hears
TDs alleged members of Mothers Against Genocide group faced ‘strip searches, degrading treatment and cavity search’
Those who film gardaí, often associated with far right, have become so prolific, new guidelines needed -Agsi
Predicted drop of 2,000 in Garda numbers would put major pressure on street policing, Garda investigations and 999 call response times
AGSI annual delegate conference in Killarney also set to hear calls for urgent examination of rules around ‘citizen journalists’
Representative bodies in force strongly critical of the number and duration of suspensions
Usually there would be a stampede within the Garda ranks among ambitious officers who wanted the job. But not this time
Roll out of new Garda ‘operating model’ across the country affected by dispute
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission accessed journalists’ phone records as part of investigations into gardaí, though journalists not accused of any wrongdoing
Commissioner’s instruction for members met with scepticism in force
Sergeants and inspectors have used their annual conference - the traditional ‘get it off your chest’ three-day session - to air their grievances
‘Days of gardaí trawling through hours of footage’ should be over, Minister tells conference
Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors believes Garda plan to grow force to 15,000 out of step with modern policing demands
Calls follow four-year process into allegation Midlands-based garda stole bike from Garda stores, ending in exoneration
Class of new recruits passing out in Templemore on Friday numbers 166, short of target of 200
While 746 recruits entered Garda College last year, the number of gardaí resigning and retiring was larger
Cunningham was first woman to become a full-time official with one of garda members’ representative bodies
Reserve Garda members - who are part-time and unpaid - will have dedicated stream in new Garda recruitment process opening next Monday
Pay for Garda recruits and serving members needs to rise to make policing a more attractive career option, say AGSI and GRA
AGSI gives final sign-off to deal reached last week after having said it was seeking clarity on a number of points
‘Significant compromise’ agreed by which thousands of gardaí will continue to work pandemic rosters after November 6th
Some Garda members say ‘his management style gets up people’s noses’, with others claiming Harris was ‘dismissive of’ complaints brought forward
Garda Representative Association to ballot members on motion of ‘no confidence’ in Drew Harris
Cononer granted open-ended adjournment to allow for contentious prosecution of garda over fatal incident
Manner in which information released at coroner’s court ’unfair’, says general secretary
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