305 new Garda vehicles to be delivered before year end 2013 The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter TD, today announced that 305 new Garda vehicles will be delivered before the end of 2013. On Budget Day (15 October 2013), Minister Shatter announced that he secured a further €9m for the purchase of […]
On Wednesday 16th October two members from the DMR Liaison Committee Tim Galvin and Walter Kilcullen met with Assistant Commissioner John Twomey who is the Assistant Commissioner with responsibility for policing in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR). John Jacob also attended this meeting but he is not part of the DMR Liaison Committee. The […]
Last week Kieran Jackman introduced two newly appointed Employee Assistance Officers – Sergeant Clare Malone and Garda Loraine Walsh – to AGSI HQ. Clare will be based at the Employee Assistance Office, 16 Parnell Square East, Dublin 1 while Loraine will be based in Galway. Employee Assistance Officers are a support service and […]
The Garda Síochána Historical Society will host their memorabilia event in the Castle Rooms, Upper Castle Yard, Dublin Castle on Saturday 16th November from 10am to 6pm. The idea of the event is for people to bring historical police photos, documents, artefacts, memorabilia and any items of interest along. They will have facility to […]
We are providing a link to a new online insurance quote facility on agsi.ie. You can now get a quick online home or motor insurance quote from Halligan through the Members Area on the AGSI website or you can request insurance quotes by contacting Halligan’s directly. However, to celebrate our new online feature, Halligan Insurances is offering one […]
Date for your Diary The Commissioner has approved Thursday 7th November 2013 for the holding of the Anniversary Mass for Deceased Members of An Garda Síochána. The Mass will be held at Holy Family Church, Aughrim Street, Dublin 7 at 11am. There will be light refreshments following this event in the band room, […]
Budget 2014 has brought a number of changes which will have implications for AGSI members. We outline below the relevant changes. Ex Gratia Lump Sums Ex Gratia Lump Sums – removal of top slicing tax relief on all payments (previously this applied to ex gratia payments greater than €200,000 only) The Department […]
AGSI.ie has gone mobile. We are delighted to announce that our website is now mobile responsive. We are aware that many of our so members are logging in and catching up with news from the Association on the go. When you log in on your mobile phone or tablet device you will see the […]
AGSI is a member of the European Confederation of Police (EuroCOP) based in Luxembourg. EuroCOP represents circa 600,000 police officers throughout Europe. The General Secretary of AGSI attends twice yearly meetings of the Committee. Their website is http://www.eurocop.org. The October edition of the EuroCOP newsletter has been issued. Featured this month are: – […]
Members News We have two new resource documents for download this week which you may want to brief yourself on. 1. Frequently Asked Questions on the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 – 2015 2. Protocols agreed between An Garda Síochána and GSOC To access these documents please login to the website […]
