There was a long-standing tradition in coastal communities that those who go down to the sea to work in boats did not learn to swim.

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has lost a Supreme Court appeal over a Government decision to halve their paid sick leave entitlements from March 2014.

The Garda Representative Association is urging their members to accept a new pay deal.

Frontline gardaí have said the lack of members from ethnic minorities was a “pressing problem” for the organisation, and action was needed to address it.

The Garda Representative Association has confirmed it won't be returning to talks on the Lansdowne Road Agreement.

Social media is being used to attack Gardaí according to the Garda Representative Association.

Rank and file gardaí have voted against a new roster.

Gardaí should be paid at least the average industrial wage of €33,000, according to the Garda Representative Association.

The President of the Garda Representative Association is calling on the Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald to re-open rural Garda stations, in order to deal with rural crime.

The president of the Garda Representative Association has said it is still their position that former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan was forced out of office.

Garda Representative Association president Dermot O’Brien is today calling for an end to direct political control over policing.

Pay issues are set to dominate the annual conference of rank-and-file gardaí in Carlow tomorrow.

Rank-and-file gardaí have called on Garda management to open up to the public so it can see the force is “not a secretive or suppressive organisation”.

A garda organisation has claimed the force’s current numbers are “insufficient to provide the first-class service the public deserves”.

The head of the biggest Garda representative association has claimed politicians were responsible for the removal of Martin Callinan as Garda Commissioner.