Garda leader warns against centralisation

POLICING in Ireland will go back to the Dark Ages if the Government adopts a recommendation to centralise gardaí in district headquarters, a garda leader will tell his organisation’s annual seminar today.

Joe Dirwan, the President of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI), described the proposal as “total nonsense.”

Mr Dirwan will deliver the keynote address to the AGSI’s annual training seminar in the Radisson Hotel, Athlone today.