Frontline garda supervisors are calling for accelerated Covid-19 testing for all gardaí to maximise policing resources and to protect members during the virus outbreak.

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.

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

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

The Garda chief has said that all of the country’s divisional commanders have told him that the lack of frontline supervision of garda members was a problem.

The Garda mental health services have been given a “five out of 10” by a psychologist amid warnings from frontline supervisors that they cannot cope with ever-increasing work-related stress.

Gardaí are trying to piece together the circumstances behind the savage murder of a 20-year-old man in Sligo town.

The cultural malaise that has been exposed in recent years infects all ranks, writes Michael Clifford, columnist of the year.

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has admitted that there is a “crisis of confidence” in the Garda Síochána.

Mid-ranking gardaí have issued stinging criticism of Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan, accusing her of breaching due process in ascribing “incompetence or deception” towards gardaí for the breath test scandal.

Mid-ranking gardaí have launched a scathing attack on Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald over her failure to attend their annual conference at a time of “crisis” in the force — and are set to have a cut at the Garda commissioner when she arrives later today.

Mid-ranking gardaí are being harassed by online trolls who are circulating images of their family home, their partners, and even their children on social media.

The Government’s 12-18-month root and branch review of the gardaí will not be finalised until after Easter because further consultation with opposition parties is still needed.

Recruitment numbers and staff shortages are expected to be raised by the AGSI President, Antoinette Cunningham, at their annual conference today.

A “fundamental wrong” was done to motorists who were incorrectly convicted for not paying their fixed charge notices, according to the head of the organisation representing supervisory gardaí.

Gardaí have expressed “deep disappointment” that it will be the end of the year at least before legislation is in place to facilitate Garda access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court.

Mid-ranking Gardaí are describing a report on their pay and conditions as a "missed opportunity".

Public service trade unions have given unequivocal support to Public Service Pay Commission (PSPC) chairman Kevin Duffy after his position was called into question by Garda representative bodies.

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan will receive a tally early today from local officers as to how many gardaí intend to comply with her order directing them to turn up for work on Friday — the first of four scheduled strike days.

The Government has a full-scale policing crisis on its hands after mid-ranking gardaí decided to join frontline gardaí in taking strike action on the same four Fridays in November.

Systems within An Garda Síochána are not providing members with the security needed to make protected disclosures, said president of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, Antoinette Cunningham.

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has less than a fortnight to respond to a 16.5% pay claim from middle-ranking gardaí before they vote on industrial action.