Gardaí to push for full union recognition, right to strike

Move comes after a report says officers should be penalised for any industrial action

Gardaí plan to drive ahead with plans to secure full trade union recognition and the right to withdraw labour after a report said officers should be penalised for conducting any industrial action.

The long-awaited Review of An Garda Síochána, conducted by former Labour Court chairman John Horgan, recommends that industrial relations affecting gardaí be “normalised” and that both the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors be given trade union status.