Annual Delegate Conference | Monday, 26 March 2018 Listen to AGSI President, Antoinette Cunningham, on RTE Radio 1’s Morning Ireland: Read the AGSI Annual Delegate Conference 2018 media coverage for Day 1 at the links below: ‘Easpa cigirí le maoirseacht a dhéanamh ar Ghardaí nua’ Connemara Garda station among list of stations to lose […]
Annual Delegate Conference
2017 AGSI Conference: Media Coverage Day 3
Wednesday, 12 April 2017 Media Title: Irish Independent Article Title: Gardaí want law making high-vis clothing and helmets mandatory for all cyclists Media Title: Breaking News Article Title: ‘Incredibly dangerous’ to sack Garda Commissioner Media Title: Breaking News Article Title: Call for action over gender pay gap Media Title: Breaking News Article Title: Gardaí ‘don’t have the capacity’ to carry out roadside drug […]
2017 AGSI Conference: Media Coverage Day 2
Tuesday, 11 April 2017 Media Title: RTE Article Tile: AGSI claims crisis of confidence in An Garda Síochána Media Title: Breaking News Article Tile: Garda body slam no show by Frances Fitzgerald at time of ‘crisis’ in the force Media Title: Breaking News Article Tile: Gardaí being harassed on social media Media Title: Carlow Nationalist Article Tile: Garda body […]
2017 AGSI Conference: Media Coverage Day 1
Monday, 10 April 2017 Media Title: RTE Article Title: AGSI says poll shows public supported strike decision Media Title: Breakingnews.ie Article Title: More than half the country think the Gardai should have the right to strike Media Title: Breaking News Article Title: No mention of whistleblowers or false breathalyser data in AGSI […]
2017 AGSI Conference | 10-12 April, Killarney
The 39th Annual Delegate Conference of AGSI takes place on the 10,11 and 12 of April in the Brehon Hotel in Killarney. The theme of the conference this year is “Modernising the Industrial Relations Landscape” and will centre on how AGSI members can determine their own pay and conditions into the future given the uniqueness of the […]
Media Coverage From 2016 Annual Delegate Conference
11 APRIL 2016 ‘We get weather alerts, but we know nothing of terror alerts’ – Irish Independent AGSI Conference Gets Underway in Westport this afternoon – Midwest Radio AGSI considering strike action – Tipp FM AGSI May Consider Strike Action To Protect Pay From More Cuts. – KFM Radio AGSI To Begin Pay Restoration Campaign. […]
RTÉ News: AGSI plan industrial action including march on Dáil
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors is to hold a special conference in June to discuss possible industrial action if the Government does not commit to pay restoration. AGSI General Secretary John Jacob called on delegates at the association’s annual conference in Westport to march on the Dáil in uniform. He said he was prepared to go to jail for […]
Irish Times: AGSI says gardaí not trained to deal with terrorist attacks
Association to decide on form of campaign to have pay cuts restored Garda sergeants and inspectors have expressed their concern that members of the force who would be first to the scene of any terrorist attack are not trained for such situations. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (Agsi) has also said inteligence about […]
Irish Examiner: Injury rate for gardaí 10 times higher than for average worker
Garda work injury rates, including from assaults, are 10 times higher than that of the average worker, official figures show. The 611 incidents recorded in 2014 include: 283 assaults. 103 road traffic collisions. 92 slips, trips and falls. 43 contacts with sharp, pointed or rough objects. 22 needle-stick injuries or stabbings. 6 cases of psychological […]