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The Annual Mass for Deceased Members of An Garda Síochána was celebrated by Fr. Paddy Madden at the Holy Family Church, Aughrim Street, Dublin on Thursday 7th November.   Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan, Minister for Justice & Equality Mr. Alan Shatter T.D., Chief Superintendent Alan Todd P.S.N.I. Fr. Joe Kenndy CP (Garda Chaplin), Fr. Ralph […]

Inspector Paul Cuttle, Roscommon, retired from An Garda Síochána today (Friday 8th November) after 31 years of dedicated service. Paul was a member of the Roscommon/Longford Branch of AGSI.   AGSI President Tim Galvin and General Secretary John Redmond joined his colleagues on the Roscommon/Longford Branch in wishing Paul a long and healthy retirement and […]

The Garda Historical Society will host a Police Memorabilia Event on Saturday 16th November from 10am-6pm.     You are invited to attend and even take your own memorabilia.   Organisers are inviting you to “take the photos off the wall, look in the old shoe boxes, get them from your family and bring along […]

Supreme Court overturns Garda’s dismissal following pub raid Irish Times, 6th November 2013 Garda stated he had found seven people inside Monica’s pub in Drumshanbo at 3.30am   The three judge Supreme Court has granted a garda’s appeal against the High Court’s rejection of his challenge to his dismissal.     Drumshanbo in Co Leitrim may […]

National Executive Member Willie Gleeson attended a recent event chaired by George Hook on “Are we minding an ageing population?”   The event was hosted by Bluebird Care in Cork city and was attended by organisations including AGSI, An Garda Síochána Retired Members Association, Age Action, Alone, Respond, Active Retirement Ireland and the Institute of […]

On Friday 1st November Garda James Hanley of Ennis Garda Station was one of five Gardai to be awarded The National Bravery Award for deeds of bravery. They were honoured by Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett at a ceremony in Farmleigh House.   On January 13th 2013 Garda James Hanley and a colleague responded to a […]

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 […]