Sergeants to refuse to cooperate with garda reserve

AN Garda Síochána faces industrial strife after a staff association yesterday voted - by a narrow margin - against cooperating with the garda reserve.

The vote split delegates of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) down the middle with 13 votes from the body’s national executive swinging the decision in favour 71-58.

A geographical division emerged with most of the Dublin branches, along with the Garda College, voting against the policy, with much of the rest of the country voting in favour.