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 GC and PSNI memorials at PSNI headquarters.

All three organisations were remembering officers from An Garda Siochana, the RUC GC and the PSNI who were killed over the course of more than ninety five  years of policing on the island of Ireland.

The three associations were honouring the 390 officers killed on duty and in excess of 10,000 wounded during civil unrest and criminal activity on the island.    

The Chair of the PFNI, Mark Lindsay, who hosted the occasion, said: “This coming together of our three organisations was long overdue.

“At a practical, day-to-day level, our ties are strong and getting stronger as we look at common concerns and challenges north and south. I am delighted that the AGSI and the GRA were able to accept our invitation to honour all our dead at what was a moving ceremony at PSNI HQ.”

AGSI President, Cormac Moylan, said: “This is a little bit of policing history in Ireland and I am honoured to have been a part of it. Our organisations have suffered dreadfully at the hands of terrorists and criminals. All of them were trying to make their communities safer and paid the ultimate price for maintaining law and order.”

GRA President, Jim Mulligan, said: “Being able to join with the PFNI and the AGSI is a welcome step forward for all of our organisations. This is the first time we have come together to honour our dead and to say that we remember their selfless sacrifice and commitment to duty. It was also an occasion to say that