Garda retirements and staff freeze ‘a threat to law and order’

SENIOR gardaí are warning it will be “extremely difficult” to manage the force if the upsurge in retirements of superintendents continues.

The Association of Garda Superintendents (AGS) said the problem could “ultimately impact” on the service provided to the public.

Speaking at the AGS annual conference, association president Martin Shanahan said morale at superintendent rank “had taken a blow” as the rewards for decades of service was being hit by various levies.