Rank and file gardaí consider strikes over pay

Hundreds of rank and file gardaí believe they should consider strike action if the Government doesn’t begin to restore the 22% pay cuts they’ve endured since 2009.

The mood at a meeting of nearly 300 Garda Representative Association (GRA) members in Cork was described as “angry and militant”.

GRA members also criticised their own officials for doing little to force the government to improve their pay and conditions.