Gardaí say the country will not be abandoned when they go on strike.

Latest: The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice says she's disappointed the Garda Representative Association has rejected the pay deal reached with her Department.

The President of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has blamed a lack of recognition from senior figures in the force is undermining garda confidence.

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has challenged rank-and-file officers to prove allegations that official crime figures are being massaged.

GRA president John Parker has said that new crime categorisation guidelines has led to the "massaging" of statistics.

The Garda Representative Association said that many members of the force are now bankrupt.

Four garda sergeants who walked out of the AGSI conference during addresses by by the Garda Commissioner and Justice Minister, have said they did not mean any offence.

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (ASGI) is calling for the Uzi submachine gun to be re-issued to all detectives.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has asked the Garda Commissioner to address any inappropriate use of the Garda internal computer system.

The Garda Commissioner said today that any move by gardaí to engage in a "blue flu" is "not on".

Members of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) are calling for the Justice Minister Alan Shatter to be excluded from their annual conference this year, because of his comments over the state of the force.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has warned rank-and-file garda leaders against damaging relations with the Army in a row over recruits.

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) is warning that Ireland is on the brink of a policing crisis.

Further Garda station closures will reduce the force’s ability to fight crime throughout the country, grassroots officers have warned.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has warned that further Garda stations will face closure next year.

The general secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has today called for the establishment of a special garda unit to tackle social welfare fraud.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said an increase in the number of gardaí is "unrealistic", and that expenditure must be reduced, not increased.

Frontline gardaí are demanding an end to high-speed car chases until they are trained in fast driving.

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has defended his reserve force after demands from rank-and-file officers for its abolition.

GRA president Damien Mc Carthy has said that the message to the Justice Minister later today about garda numbers will be “loud and clear”.

Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy will meet with the leadership of the Garda Representative Association later regarding the controversial speech that was never made at its annual conference.

Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has demanded that the Garda Representative Association (GRA) apologise to the people of Ireland for scathing comments which he says forced him to pull out of an address to the organisation's annual conference in Limerick.

Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern says recruitment in the Gardaí will re-start before the end of the year.

The incoming president of the Garda Representative Association Damien McCarthy said today that he fully supports the sentiments and remarks contained in a controversial speech intended for the Justice Minister.

The incoming president of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) has said he fully supports the sentiments and remarks contained in a controversial speech intended for the Justice Minister.

Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy insisted today that his cash-strapped rank-and-file will not be sacked if they cannot pay their mortgages.

The General Secretary of the Garda Representative Association is defending the president of the GRA's intended speech at the body's annual conference, the content of which led to Justice Minister Dermot Ahern withdrawing from a scheduled appearance at the gathering.

Rank and file gardaí lashed out at Justice Minister Dermot Ahern today over his remarks that the force was among the best paid and resourced in Europe.

Rank and file gardaí are calling for the introduction of a manadatory 12-year sentence for attacking a member of the force.

An Irish Interpol officer who led a worldwide hunt for a paedophile who videotaped himself abusing kids on the web will today be honoured by senior gardaí.

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors says morale in the force is at an all-time low due to the public-sector pension levy and other measures being introduced by the Government.

The president of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) tonight launched a prolonged attack on Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Michael McDowell, saying that morale in the force is the worst it has been for at least 35 years.

The new president of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) has predicted that the Government will back down on the proposed Garda reserve.

Gardaí today demanded more firearms training to deal with the increase in gun crime.

Gardaí are seeking more advanced driver training following the death of a pensioner who was hit by a patrol car, it emerged today.

Gardaí have demanded replacement uniforms after claiming their new gear is sub-standard and shabby, it emerged today.