Gardaí to withdraw armed cover across Munster
Last-ditch talks between Dublin-based senior garda management and more than 80 detectives from the Cork City Garda Division, who are members of the Garda Representative Association (GRA), broke down last night after they voted overwhelmingly to reject a deal on improved weapons training which did not include the issuing of non-lethal Tasers as part of their equipment.
Garda sources who attended the meeting said detectives were reasonably happy with garda management’s offer to roll-out proper Sig pistol firearms training and the issuing of bulletproof shields in Cork — equivalent to what their counterparts in Dublin had.
