Garda AGM in Galway

Gardaí are demanding that the Government tell them exactly when the long-promised 2,000 extra gardaí will be recruited to the force.

Gardaí are demanding that the Government tell them exactly when the long-promised 2,000 gardaí will be recruited to the force.

The call came from Michael Kirby, the president of the Garda Representative Association, prior to the association's AGM in Galway today.

The Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner are to address the conference later today.