Garda dispute talks to resume next week

Efforts to agree a contingency plan for the next stage of industrial action by gardaí are to continue over the weekend, with formal talks to resume on Monday or Tuesday.

Talks on the issues underlying the dispute took place between the two Garda representative bodies and the Department of Justice yesterday and they too are to resume after the weekend.

The first day of action, taken by the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) in the form of a limited work to rule, was due to end at 7am this morning.