The largest Garda staff body has said junior members of the force have been "unjustly" tarnished by the Guerin report into allegations by whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe.

The largest garda staff association has accused the Government of "knee- jerk" politics in pushing through "inordinate and undue" new powers for the Garda Ombudsman.

Probationer gardaí with little experience of investigations were ‘hung out to dry’ by Garda management as, it has been claimed.

A European-style police uniform — typified by a baseball hat, polo shirt, and heavy-duty boots — should be examined in the current root-and-branch review of An Garda Síochána, according to the force’s biggest staff body.

The magazine of the Garda Representative Association has strongly criticised a Fine Gael senator for comments he make in the Seanad in which he referred to the tragic death of a garda and claimed a Sinn Féin member had allegedly said “they would have done a much cleaner job”.

A Kerryman has been appointed as editor of the Irish Independent newspaper in the first of a round of changes at Independent News & Media.

The lack of public outrage over the brutal murder of a Roma teenager raises serious questions about our values as a society, according to a senior garda.

The subdued reaction to the brutal murder of Marioara Rostas suggests that an undercurrent of racism is ingrained in Irish attitudes, writes Killian Forde

RANK and file gardaí said Garda numbers have been “systematically” cut to 13,500 — more than 1,000 less than the strength claimed by the Government.

THE justice system “is breaking down” and is now failing society, rank and file gardaí have claimed.

THE Prison Service is to start rolling out a hi-tech digital radio system in the country’s jails next month.

MORE than half of gardaí polled about arming the force say uniformed officers should carry guns.

More than half of gardaí polled about arming the force said uniformed officers should carry guns, it was revealed today.

THE widow of a Limerick garda who died after a long illness said she believes her husband contracted a fatal illness as a result of a vaccine he received before going on United Nations duty.

THE largest Garda representative body has slammed the benchmarking process as a “charade”.

THE Garda Ombudsman Commission has hit out at the Garda Representative Association (GRA) for comments it made about the watchdog in its official journal.

THE Garda emergency call centre in Dublin is approaching “crisis point”, a Garda representative has claimed.

THE association representing rank-and-file gardaí yesterday criticised Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy over his handling of the proposed Garda Reserve.

A RETIRED garda sergeant said his life was a living hell as a guard struggling to come to terms with being gay.

GAY and lesbian gardaí could be on the verge of gaining formal recognition within An Garda Síochána.

NINETEEN recruits from the Republic have joined the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) since it launched a cross-Border recruitment drive more than 18 months ago.

A SPLIT has emerged between the two main garda representative associations towards the new Garda Inspectorate.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell’s new Garda Inspectorate is “sinister and dangerous” and akin to his own “secret police force”, gardaí said yesterday.

THE first official reaction of grassroots gardaí to the web of lies, cover-ups and negligence exposed by the Morris Report on the Donegal division brings home forcefully its shattering impact on the morale of the force.