Gardaí fear training will be done ‘on cheap’

Gardaí fear that training for the next batch of Garda recruits — the first in five years — will be done “on the cheap”.

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors said that while the restart of recruitment in July was welcome and much needed, no funding was being set aside for it.

“My concern is that there is no funding earmarked for the training of these new people,” said AGSI president Tim Galvin.