Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald said that “no one wants gardaí to take strike action” and that she was doing “everything possible” to avert the crisis.

Almost 16,700 people have applied for the 600 trainee garda positions being filled this year.

Gardaí need to recruit Muslim people to help “win the war against radicalism”, a leading Imam has said.

Members of the Garda Reserve are to be given a number of new powers, including the right to issue penalty points.

THE move to widen and strengthen the powers and duties of over 1,124 volunteers in the Garda Reserve is a positive and welcome development for policing at a time when the image of the Garda Síochána in general is tarnished.

The new Garda commissioner has told the latest batch of reservists to have the "courage to say no" and stand up to wrongdoing.

Sixty-two members of the Garda Reserve will graduate from the training college in Templemore this afternoon.

The General Secretary of the Garda Superintendents Association, Pat McCabe, has insisted their members did not know about illicit taping at Garda stations.

The interim Garda commissioner has laid out how she intends to transform the mentality in the force admitting public trust in gardaí has to be “won and won again”.

The question of who will succeed Martin Callinan as Garda commissioner almost invariably prompts the answer that there’s only one man — or in this case, woman — for the job.

The removal of a hugely controversial piece of tax legislation was outlined in the latest Finance Bill.

It’s being described as one of the highlights of the Indiependence music festival — the moment when a young garda on duty couldn’t resist the festival madness any more and started throwing a few shapes on stage.

From in-laws to outlaws, it’s been a busy few days for Martina Hellen.

An Garda Síochána can begin recruiting from next year after Justice Minister Alan Shatter announced the lifting of the embargo.

JUSTICE Minister Alan Shatter says he is “confident” additional money will be released from exchequer funds to pay for security during the visits of US President Barack Obama and the Queen of England, which could cost up to €25 million.

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

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama and the Queen of England could face serious security risks during their Irish visits unless the Government can find an extra €25 million for planning, surveillance and intelligence services.

SINN Féin would scrap the Garda Reserve and make greater use of civilian support staff to free up funds to recruit more full-time gardaí, according to the party’s justice policy document published yesterday.

A MEMBER of the Garda Reserve has been nominated for a prestigious Scott Medal after helping to foil a gun incident involving a well-known criminal.

THE gardaí are going to have to get their act together.

MORE than 15,000 people applied to join the Gardaí last week despite a ban on recruitment to the force.

THE Department of Justice is drafting a report for the European Commission after senior gardaí complained to the EU over the age at which officers are forced to retire.

Top gardaí called tonight for buildings coming under the control of NAMA to be reinvented as stations for their officers.

PAY, pensions and protest action will dominate much of the annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) in Galway over the next three days.

GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy said a decision will be taken over the coming days on whether to investigate a claim by former Defence Minister Willie O’Dea that he based his false brothel claims on information he got from a garda.

JUSTICE Minister Dermot Ahern has launched a report on a new training regime for Garda recruits which will see them attain full police powers after 32 weeks’ training, replacing the current 58-week period.

A LOCAL authority is considering bringing in bylaws to provide community work programmes for people who “make life hell for ordinary decent citizens”.

CORK secondary school teacher John Desmond yesterday became a fully fledged Garda Reserve member when he joined 100 other reservists who graduated at Templemore College.

A MAJOR crackdown on licensed handguns and stiffer jail sentences for people found carrying knives and Samurai swords, has been announced by Justice Minister Dermot Ahern.

More than 100 new members of the Garda Reserve are set to graduate today at a special ceremony in Templemore.

Sinn Féin is calling for the Garda Reserve to be scrapped in order to save money.

LATEST figures released by the Department of Justice show that 36 people are serving with the Garda Reserve in Cork city and county.

AN average of 14 people have applied for each of the Garda Reserve jobs on offer this year.

An average of 14 people have applied for each Garda Reserve job on offer this year, figures today revealed.

AN unusual special offer is running in shopping centres in Cork this week. Members of the Garda Reserve are offering suitable people the chance to join their ranks.

THE much-trumpeted Garda Reserve is making no difference to the fight against crime and will soon be a thing of the past.

The Garda Reserve has recruited less than 20% of its target numbers.

THE number of garda reservists will reach 270 today with the graduation of the latest batch of recruits.

GARDAÍ, prison officers and members of the defence forces have all been refused pay increases under benchmarking.

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