Middle-ranking gardaí seek legal advice over strike plan

Middle-ranking gardaí are seeking advice from their solicitors on the prospect of taking legal action against Government plans to push ahead with proposals denying gardaí the right to strike.

The move follows a meeting of the leadership of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors and a separate meeting between the association and Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan.

It is understood that the AGSI expressed its concern to the minister at the Government’s decision to implement the Murphy inter-departmental report, which recommended that garda staff associations should not be given trade union rights.