95% of polled GRA members willing to take industrial action

Frontline gardaí are expected to begin drawing up a campaign of industrial action today after a ballot of members showed that almost all were willing to take the radical step.

Some 150 delegates of the 10,500-strong Garda Representative Association will gather this morning to discuss behind closed doors a weekend pay proposal and yesterday’s ballot result.

Some 95% of members who voted (in a turnout of 66%) said they were willing to take industrial action.