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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 […]

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, […]