GOVERNMENT STATEMENT Tánaiste welcomes extra funding for Garda recruits, more civilian staff and sustained additional overtime in 2017 · Funding for building of new Forensic Science Laboratory to start in 2017 · Budget strengthens regulatory bodies, e.g., Charities Regulator, Data Protection Commissioner andPrivate Security Authority · […]
Monday Interview: Antoinette Cunningham Speaks To Tom Brady of the Irish Independent
Monday interview: ‘All we are left with is broken promises’ AGSI president says gardaí feel they have been ‘betrayed’, writes Tom Brady This article was originally published on Independent.ie The warning signs had been there for the past six months. But the Government either failed to notice them or else chose to ignore them. Now […]
AGSI Media Coverage on Pay Strategy | 4th October 2016
Government must take firm stand on wages – Irish Independent Garda sergeants and inspectors demand 16.5% pay increase – Irish Times Mid-rank gardaí seek 16.5% pay rise – Irish Examiner Sanity is needed – Public pay claims – Irish Examiner Garda Sergeants and Inspectors meet Minister to discuss 16.5% pay claim – Breaking News GARDA […]
IRISH TIMES: Mid-ranking gardaí back Lansdowne Road pay agreement
Article by Martin Wall, Irish Times (24 August 2016) AGSI members, who faced losing increments, accept public service deal in second ballot Mid-ranking gardaí have voted decisively to accept the Lansdowne Road agreement on public service pay. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) said on Wednesday that 71 per cent of members had […]
AGSI Members Vote to Accept Lansdowne Road Agreement
Sergeants and Inspectors Vote To Accept Lansdowne Road Agreement The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has voted to accept the Lansdowne Road Agreement (LRA) following a ballot of its membership. The result announced today (Wednesday, 24th August) saw 71% of those balloted voting in favour of the Garda Sectoral Agreement contained in the LRA. […]
IRISH EXAMINER: New senior garda managers will help fill ‘critical vacancies’ says commissioner
The Garda commissioner said the appointment by the Government of 28 senior garda managers will “help to address the critical vacancies” in the organisation. Nóirín O’Sullivan told the Irish Examiner she would continue to work with government departments and the Policing Authority to ensure that “adequate and appropriate leadership capacity” was in place. The Government […]
Senior Garda Appointments Announced
The Government has today (13 July 2016) made appointments to the positions of Chief Superintendent and Superintendent in An Garda Síochána. Ten appointments have been approved to Chief Superintendent and 18 to Superintendent. The appointments are required to fill existing vacancies at National, Divisional and District level. Note to editors The appointments are to existing […]
RTÉ News: AGSI to hold new ballot on Lansdowne Rd Agreement
This news item was originally published on RTE.ie The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors will re-ballot its members on the Lansdowne Road Agreement. In a statement, the AGSI’s national executive said it will “recommend acceptance of the revised LRA proposals based on a Government commitment to deal with issues around garda pay”. It said […]
Irish Times: Garda pay to be dealt with within six months association told
This article by Martin Wall was originally published in the Irish Times on June 30th 2016 The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) is to recommend to members that they back the Lansdowne Road pay deal in a new ballot to take place in early August. The association said it had been told […]