Gardaí to seek more terrorism training

Frontline gardaí are to demand more training to counter the threat of global terrorism and the firepower of organised crime gangs.

These will be some of the ‘big ticket issues,’ along with the acceleration of pay restoration, which will be discussed at the annual Garda Representative Association (GRA) conference which gets underway in Salthill, Co Galway tomorrow.

Last week’s Islamic State terrorist attack in France, which claimed the life of one policeman and left two others seriously wounded, is bound to heighten debate around a motion which is being put to the conference by GRA delegates from the Donegal and Cavan/Monaghan garda divisions.