This article was orginally published on TheJournal.ie on 10th May 2016 GARDA SERGEANTS AND inspectors will march on the Dáil on the new government’s first day, in a protest to highlight their calls for pay restoration. Last month, at the annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI), a survey revealed 86% […]
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Irish Daily Star: Gardai to march on Dáil
The Irish Daily Star reports today (9th May 2016) on our forthcoming march to Dáil Éireann as part of our pay restoration campaign. The march takes place on Tuesday 17th May with AGSI members arriving at Leinster House for 12noon.
Media Coverage From 2016 Annual Delegate Conference
11 APRIL 2016 ‘We get weather alerts, but we know nothing of terror alerts’ – Irish Independent AGSI Conference Gets Underway in Westport this afternoon – Midwest Radio AGSI considering strike action – Tipp FM AGSI May Consider Strike Action To Protect Pay From More Cuts. – KFM Radio AGSI To Begin Pay Restoration Campaign. […]
RTÉ News: AGSI plan industrial action including march on Dáil
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors is to hold a special conference in June to discuss possible industrial action if the Government does not commit to pay restoration. AGSI General Secretary John Jacob called on delegates at the association’s annual conference in Westport to march on the Dáil in uniform. He said he was prepared to go to jail for […]
Irish Times: AGSI says gardaí not trained to deal with terrorist attacks
Association to decide on form of campaign to have pay cuts restored Garda sergeants and inspectors have expressed their concern that members of the force who would be first to the scene of any terrorist attack are not trained for such situations. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (Agsi) has also said inteligence about […]
Irish Examiner: Injury rate for gardaí 10 times higher than for average worker
Garda work injury rates, including from assaults, are 10 times higher than that of the average worker, official figures show. The 611 incidents recorded in 2014 include: 283 assaults. 103 road traffic collisions. 92 slips, trips and falls. 43 contacts with sharp, pointed or rough objects. 22 needle-stick injuries or stabbings. 6 cases of psychological […]
AGSI President on RTÉ NEWS: AGSI says gardaí not prepared for terror threat
President Tim Galvin speaks to Cathal MacCoille on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland show. Garda sergeants and inspectors say they do not, as first responders, have the capability to deal with the threat from radical extremism and international terrorism. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, which begins its annual conference in Westport today, has also said its members […]
AGSI President On Newstalk Breakfast
AGSI President Tim Galvin spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning ahead of the Association’s 38th Annual Delegate Conference taking place in Westport from 11-13 April. Listen to his interview here Gardaí are calling for more training to deal with potential terrorism threats. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI), the group representing mid ranking […]
Irish Independent: ‘We get weather alerts, but we know nothing of terror alerts’
Frontline gardaí have issued a stark warning that they are not properly trained to counteract and tackle international terrorism and radical extremism. Information about the threat is being confined to members of specialist units and sections at Garda Headquarters, the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has warned. It said rank and file gardaí received […]
Irish Independent: Gardaí missing out on basic details of terrorist threat
It is not the first time an organisation, whose members are involved in the fight against international terrorists, is wondering aloud whether they have the training to confront jihadi foes. Last autumn, Raco, the association representing officers in the Defence Forces, posed the question at its annual conference. Now it is the turn of the […]