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The 37th Annual Delegate Conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants & Inspectors will take place in Trim, Co. Meath next year. The 3-day event takes place on Monday March 30th, Tuesday 31st and Wednesday April 1st 2015 at the Knightsbrook Hotel. The Specialist Committee who oversee conference is chaired by Vice-President Antoinette Cunningham. Speaking […]

Mark Tobin who was the Sergeant In Charge of Slane, Co Meath retired from An Garda Síochána on Friday 10th of October after 32 years of dedicated service.   Mark was a Community Sergeant and was popular with the people of Slane if the numbers who turned up at his retirement is anything to judge by. […]

Second Stage Speech by the Minister for Justice and Equality Frances Fitzgerald TD Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014 A Cheann Comhairle, I move: that the Bill be read a second time. The 2013 Garda annual report which I recently laid before the Oireachtas is a document worth reflecting. It highlights how: · Operation […]

Statements on Budget 2015 Speech by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD Wednesday 15 October 2015 The Budget announced yesterday marks a significant step forward for Ireland. It is a budget which is fair. It is progressive It is responsible It is forward looking It is fair in that lifts 80,000 low […]

Tom Brady writes in today’s Irish Independent 15th October 2014 The measure was revealed in what was described by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald as a breakthrough for the justice sector. An intake of 100 recruits will arrive at the college next month with a similar number marching through the gates in January. These are in […]

BUDGET 2015 UPDATE · Minister welcomes “breakthrough budget” for Justice sector – first year-on year budget increase since 2008 · €141 million increase since budget day last year including 68% rise in capital funding · Minister announces next intake of 200 recruits to Garda College Templemore · €10 million secured for over 400 new Garda […]

AGSI Encourages Members to Grow a Mo For Men’s Health “Raising awareness of men’s health is a major issue and as a male-dominated organisation we are all too aware of it. Every week we have new members in touch with stories of ill-health. So we thought we would put our shoulder to the wheel of […]

AGSI Media Statement  9th October 2014 “Trade union rights are democratic rights and it’s not about striking” The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) has welcomed a decision by the EU Council of Ministers to uphold a decision last May by the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) in a case taken by the […]

Remarks by Frances Fitzgerald, T.D., Minister for Justice and Equality, at the launch of the British-Irish Visa Scheme Irish Embassy, London Monday, 6th October 2014   Home Secretary, Ambassador, ladies and gentlemen, The obvious good news, today, is that, for the first time, tourists and business visitors will be able to visit the United Kingdom […]

Address by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD at the 12th Annual Cross Border Seminar on Organised Crime La Mon Hotel, Belfast Minister Ford, Chief Constable, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen I am delighted to be here at the annual Cross Border Seminar on Organised Crime. I would firstly like to take the […]