Gardaí consider exiting Croke Park II talks

Middle ranking gardaí are meeting this morning to decide whether to pull out of talks on Croke Park II.

The national executive of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors is meeting after Government negotiators in the talks confirmed they want cuts on a number of premium payments including those for working at the weekends, at night, and on public holidays.

As far as the association is concerned, those payments recognise its members’ frontline roles and also form too large a part of their wages to be removed without a fight.