Gardaí to escalate ‘goodwill’ protest as Croke Park II talks enter end stage

More than 11,000 rank-and-file gardaí will today escalate their “turn off the goodwill” protest against the proposed cuts to premium pay by refraining from using any personal effects during their working day.

Officers, members of the Garda Representative Association, will not use personal cars while on duty or personal mobile phones, laptops, and cameras, while home telephone numbers will not be left with stations to take calls when off duty.

They will only drive official Garda vehicles when on duty and officers who have not passed the full driver training courses will not drive official cars. Elsewhere, protests will be staged at official events for the EU presidency.