Some 600,000 pairs of gloves are being distributed to gardaí and a further 400,000 are to follow as part of the State’s response to Covid-19.

Middle ranking gardaí have asked Garda HQ about its plans in the event of the spread of coronavirus among members.

Frontline gardaí in Cork have welcomed moves to almost double the size of the city’s sex crime unit.

The garda chief superintendent for Louth has said that he has never had any difficulty securing the services of the Emergency Response Unit.

Armed gardaí are warning they do not have adequate resources to monitor ongoing emergencies in the country.

According to Freedom of Information figures, a total of 162 officers missed at least a day because of an attack.

A specialist Garda unit investigating sex crimes is not expected to be able to take on new cases until at least next March because it still is not properly staffed.

More than 30 new gardaí have been temporarily stationed in Cork city to tackle thefts, public order incidents, drugs and traffic issues during the busy Christmas period.

Cork is to get just 14 of the latest garda probationers to graduate from the force’s training college.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has been told more needs to be done to bolster permanent garda numbers in the city and county.

Breaches of discipline can result in officers being sacked or having their wages cut.

The Taoiseach has yet to speak with the Garda Commissioner about staffing levels in Cork but has promised that numbers will increase across the country.

Mr D'Arcy has ignored calls to apologise to gardaí for the controversial comments.

The junior minister said the attack on Kevin Lunney should have been dealt with "sooner and better at that level" by senior gardaí.

Gardaí working in the Cork City Division say they are weighed down with paperwork, understaffed in comparison with other divisions, and have been stripped of frontline officers who have not been replaced when transferred to new specialist units.

Chronic shortages of gardaí in Cork meant just two members of the force were patrolling the city centre one night and a special unit investigating sex crimes is unable to take on new cases because it is not adequately staffed.

The Tax Institute of Ireland has welcomed support offered to Irish businesses and agrees with the Finance Minister's decision to direct resources to sectors most vulnerable to risk of no-deal Brexit.

Rank and file gardaí are questioning whether the force has the resources to roll-out a new strategy to tackle violent assaults on the streets.

Frontline gardaí and supervisors have expressed fears that the new restructuring of the organisation will result in less, not more, policing in rural areas.

More than 400 assaults on gardaí have occurred in two and a half years, forcing members of the force out of work for six months or more.

A new unit manned by specially trained gardaí to investigate sexual crimes and domestic violence is to be established in the West Cork region.

Frontline gardaí say plans need to be urgently published on how the organisation is going to police the border and staff checkpoints in a crash-out Brexit.

The Garda Representative Association is raising serious concerns about the level of policing to deal with criminal gangs in Longford.

Gardaí had to work in potentially dangerous conditions in the station in Glanmire village for many years, in a building so old it once housed the RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary).

The president of the Garda Superintendents Association (GSA) Noel Cunningham said he awaits the full details of the proposed reforms, to see “the mechanics of how it will work.”

A network of 19 “mini police forces” is to be set up across the country under a massive restructuring of the Garda organisation.

Gardaí are warning that the cost of the upcoming visit of American vice-president Mike Pence will compromise the safety and security of Irish citizens.

A senior member of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) is calling on the Minister for Justice and the Government to introduce specific legislation to cover assault of front line staff such as gardaí, fire service personnel, ambulance crews and accident and emergency department staff.

It follows an internal Garda Report showing failings in the management of DNA testing - with a quarter of Gardai taking DNA samples without being properly trained.

The Government has backed plans to provide gardaí with body cams.

More gardaí patrolling the streets of Longford are the only long term solution to the ongoing feud between two factions in the town according to a member of the Garda Representative Association (GRA).

Garda commissioner Drew Harris has asked to meet Majella Moynihan this week to make a personal apology.

A former Garda who became pregnant ‘out of wedlock’ by another member of the force in 1984 spoke about the "horrific abuse" she suffered.

Gardaí used pepper sprays almost 690 times in 2018, official figures reveal.

Gardaí who threatened to walk away from Dickensian conditions at a garda station in a Cork suburb will soon be able to operate out of a modern facility.