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AGSI Statement on Public Complaints of the Non-Wearing of Masks by Gardai during COVID-19

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors wants to clarify to the public that Gardaí do not routinely wear face masks when policing COVID-19 checkpoints and / or on other related duties.  In a statement  AGSI said it was disappointed to learn that complaints were made to The Garda Sìochàna Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) relating to […]

Unanimous and overwhelming mandate for ‘Days of Action’ given to Sergeants and Inspectors in Athlone today

AGSI on the Wearing of Masks during COVID-19

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors wants to clarify to the public that Gardaí do not routinely wear face masks when policing COVID-19 checkpoints and / or on other related duties. In a statement  AGSI said it was disappointed to learn that complaints were made to The Garda Sìochàna Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) relating to […]

Unanimous and overwhelming mandate for ‘Days of Action’ given to Sergeants and Inspectors in Athlone today

AGSI on Border Policing During COVID-19

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors says that policing COVID-19 is proving difficult. Our President Cormac Moylan and General Secretary Antoinette Cunningham undertook media interviews on this matter. Antoinette Cunningham speaks to This Week on RTE Radio 1 – Listen below  Cormac Moylan speaks to Newstalk Breakfast – Listen here Antoinette Cunningham speaks to […]

Unanimous and overwhelming mandate for ‘Days of Action’ given to Sergeants and Inspectors in Athlone today

AGSI in the Media | Today with Sean O’Rourke

AGSI Calls for Range of Measures to Protect Members During COVID-19 “We cannot protect the public if we are not protected” The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) has called for a range of measures to be introduced to ensure the safety of their members as COVID-19 takes hold. In an interview with Sean […]

Unanimous and overwhelming mandate for ‘Days of Action’ given to Sergeants and Inspectors in Athlone today

Sergeants and Inspectors Respond to New National Policing Plan on COVID-19

“Our members will not be found wanting in protecting the public during COVID-19”   The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) has attended two briefings with Garda management on a new policing plan to be implemented in response to COVID-19. The extensive plan will require AGSI members to work 12-hour shifts, defer planned retirements, […]

Unanimous and overwhelming mandate for ‘Days of Action’ given to Sergeants and Inspectors in Athlone today

Equalisation of Worker Rights for Sergeants and Inspectors Welcome

Historic Day as AGSI Welcome Access to Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court   The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has described today as ‘historic’ with members of An Garda Síochána having access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court for the first time. From today, Garda members will have access to […]

Unanimous and overwhelming mandate for ‘Days of Action’ given to Sergeants and Inspectors in Athlone today

AGSI Highlight Need to Keep Policing on the Agenda

Association asks aspiring Government to prioritise policing and to keep local communities safe    The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) has said it cannot remain silent following the shocking levels of violence that has beset Irish society over the past number of days and which is being played out in the political arena.  […]

RIP Former Deputy General Secretary of AGSI, Joe Curran

Government appoints new Chairperson of the Policing Authority

    DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PRESS RELEASE 19 December 2019   The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan TD, has announced that the Government has today appointed Mr Bob Collins as Chairperson of the Policing Authority to succeed the outgoing Chairperson, Ms Josephine Feehily, whose term of office ends on 31 December 2019.   […]

Unanimous and overwhelming mandate for ‘Days of Action’ given to Sergeants and Inspectors in Athlone today

Minister Flanagan announces implementation plan for Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland Report

Government endorses Commission’s vision for the future of policing Four-year High Level Implementation Plan published New post of National Security Co-ordinator and a Strategic Threat Analysis Centre (STAC) to be established in Department of the Taoiseach Work to commence on Policing and Community Safety Bill to redefine policing and provide for a new governance and […]

Unanimous and overwhelming mandate for ‘Days of Action’ given to Sergeants and Inspectors in Athlone today

AGSI Take Part in First Ever Joint Remembrance Day Wreath-laying Ceremony in Belfast

Historic wreath-laying for officers killed in Ireland conflicts. Police organisations from the Republic of Ireland joined the Police Federation for Northern Ireland (PFNI) in the first ever joint Remembrance Day wreath-laying ceremony in Belfast. Representatives from the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) and the Garda Representative Association (GRA) laid wreaths at the RUC […]

Unanimous and overwhelming mandate for ‘Days of Action’ given to Sergeants and Inspectors in Athlone today