Garda body: Axing 1,500 gardaí is ‘a false economy’
The Garda Representative Association (GRA), representing around 11,000 rank and file members, said the cuts were a “false economy” as research showed crime rises during a recession.
The association was responding to the National Recovery Plan which plans to cut Garda numbers from 14,500 this year to 13,500 next year, and to 13,000 in 2014, a total drop of 10%.