GRA: ‘Lid lifted’ on low morale in the force

The largest police staff body said the Garda Inspectorate’s damning report on crime investigation had "lifted the lid" on why morale was so low in the force.

But the Garda Representative Association refused to accept its members were not recording all crimes and claimed incorrect classifications of crime was the fault of management.

GRA president Dermot O’Brien said there were “anecdotal” reports of superiors requesting members to “reclassify crimes downwards”, but he said they had no firm evidence of that.