Reserve to be thing of the past within a few years, says AGSI

THE much-trumpeted Garda Reserve is making no difference to the fight against crime and will soon be a thing of the past.

That is according to the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI), whose comments come following revelations that less than 20% of the hoped-for 1,400 reservists have so far been recruited.

“We predicted at the time that people would be all enthusiastic but that they soon would realise that it’s not all cops and robbers and it’s not all Starsky and Hutch,” said AGSI deputy general-secretary John Redmond yesterday.