Garda managers stall new reforms over pay dispute

A Government-backed blueprint for Garda reform is on hold after local garda management launched their first ever industrial action.

Plans by Garda HQ to press ahead with overhauling the structures of policing have now been put in doubt.

A major policing conference scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled after the Association of Garda Superintendents (AGS) said its members would not attend.