Gardaí ‘sleeping in cars due to pay cuts’

Gardaí have suffered so much from pay cuts some are sleeping in cars because they cannot afford to drive home, the annual conference for rank-and-file members has heard.

Recruits fresh out of Templemore may face the same fate as they have been denied a customary rent allowance, the warning continued.

The claims were made by the Garda Representative Association (GRA), representing 10,400 frontline members. The GRA wants a reversal of the 19% pay cuts imposed on its members during the recession.