GRA urges supports for garda wellbeing

Better supports are needed to help frontline gardaí who are increasingly suffering from mental health problems brought on by a growing number of assaults on them and the rising pressures of the job.

That is to be the call from the Garda Representative Association (GRA) when it unveils the findings of a well-being survey at its annual conference this week, which is expected to paint a stark picture of the strain many gardaí are under.

The report has been compiled by Dr Finian Fallon, the son of Garda Richard Fallon, who was the first member of An Garda Síochána to be killed in the line of duty as a consequence of The Troubles.