Garda body: Axing 1,500 gardaí is ‘a false economy’

THE largest Garda body has described the axing of 1,500 gardaí as “shocking” and said they feared the service to the public “will suffer”.

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%.

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