Today’s Irish Independent reports on Minister Brendan Howlin’s comments over the weekend that if €1b in payroll cuts are achieved, no further cuts will be sought before the end of 2016. The article by Mark O’Regan includes a comment from AGSI General Secretary John Redmond, reminding Government that they will not return to talks with […]
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AGSI Members – Their Protest In Photos
Members of AGSI and their families came out in their hundreds to voice their anger and deep concern at proposals to further cut pay and allowances. Here we show you the “faces behind the figures”.
AGSI Showing at ICTU March “Phenomenol”
“Turnout Evidence Many Families Falling off Financial Cliff” “I get paid less now than I did 15 years ago. I have 40 years service done, six children and my wife can’t work because I have one daughter with special needs. Members of AGSI are crippled with mortgages they were given on the strength of overtime […]
AGSI Take the Beat to the Streets of Dublin
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors will take to the streets of Dublin today, joining members of ICTU in the anti-austerity march. AGSI says the march provides an opportunity for members to voice their anger and deep concern about proposed cuts to pay and allowances emerging from the Croke Park extension talks. General Secretary […]
News Alert: AGSI has NOT Returned to Pay Talks
Colleagues, AGSI HAS NOT RETURNED TO PAY TALKS It has come to notice that AGSI is rumoured to have returned to pay talks on Croke Park. This is entirely false. AGSI has not returned to Croke Park / Extension talks or briefings or negotiations. Nor is AGSI involved in ANY talks with Garda Management on this matter. We […]
“Minister Confusing Public on Garda Station Closures”
AGSI Clarify Misleading Comments by Minister Shatter on Station Closures – Comments by General Secretary John Redmond. “A statement today by Minister for Justice Alan Shatter that 60,000 hours of patrolling will be provided as a direct result of 100 Garda Station closures is simply not true. It is the case in fact, that […]
Media Monitoring: “AGSI Won’t Return to Talks”
Below are a series of links to articles and interviews this week referencing the AGSI and the Croke Park extension talks. The Journal.ie reports “AGSI Demands Action Not Words from Noonan over Garda Pay Talks” Read the article here. Irish Examiner reports that “AGSI Rule Out a Return to Croke Park Negotiations” Read the […]
Action Not Lip Service on Pay Talks
AGSI Respond to Minister Noonan’s Intervention on Pay Talks “The Government and Garda Management are united in cutting pay and allowances despite the Finance Minister’s intervention on the matter suggesting that the Government will compromise. That’s according to General Secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI). “I welcome reported comments by Minister […]
You Can’t Make a Date with Crime
“The closure of 95 Garda Stations this week is a crime against rural Ireland. And to add insult to injury Minister Shatter launches a Community Crime Prevention Programme booklet on the same day over 90 rural stations close their doors for the last time.” That’s according to John Redmond, General Secretary of the Association of […]
ICTU March: Dublin, 9th February
AGSI is now planning its participation in the upcoming ICTU Anti-Austerity March in Dublin next Saturday 9th February. We are asking all members and indeed members of their family to come along and support our campaign to protect pay and conditions. AGSI members have taken significant cuts as well as contributing to savings to the […]