Garda pay deal in bid to stave off strike

The prospect of unprecedented strike action by frontline gardaí will be decided by Wednesday after what will be a frenetic three days for the Garda Representative Association.

In a surprise development late on Friday night, senior leaders of the GRA and the Department of Justice made the outlines of a pay deal after lengthy talks.

This proposal, full details of which are still unknown, will go before the 31-member GRA ruling body, the Central Executive Committee (CEC), this morning.