Strike row to dominate GRA meeting

It was unclear last night if this Friday’s planned Garda strike will be resolved at today’s meeting of the Garda Representative Association as an escalating internal dispute is set to dominate.

It is thought that a motion of no-confidence may be entered at the body’s Central Executive Committee in relation to GRA general secretary Pat Ennis.

It stems from a decision last Thursday by the six-member GRA officer board to significantly increase emergency cover for Friday’s strike without the consent of the full 31-member CEC. That strike was called off at the last minute by a narrow margin (20 votes to 17) at a particularly tense CEC meeting.