GRA drops planned legal challenge against garda reserve

The Garda Representative Association has reportedly dropped its plans to mount a legal challenge to the proposed garda reserve.

The association, which represents rank-and-file gardaí, had been planning to challenge the part-time force on the grounds that it would be poorly trained and would post a safety risk to full-time officers.

However, reports this morning said it had abandoned the plan after receiving legal advice that the court case would not succeed.

The move is the latest setback to the gardaí's campaign against the new reserve.

The GRA and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors have already had to tell their members to process applications for the new force because refusing to do so would be a breach of their duty to obey the laws of the land.