Gardaí reject observer status in pay talks

The head of the Garda Representative Association has strongly hinted its 10,400 members will consider some sort of industrial action if they are not given a negotiating role at planned pay talks between unions and the government.

GRA general secretary PJ Stone said it was unacceptable the GRA had been invited to the talks purely as an observer.

He said the association was “prepared to do anything required” to recover the near 19% of wages lost by gardaí since the recession.