Gardaí urged to ditch 'racist' turban ban

Ciaran Cuffe of the Green Party has demanded An Garda Siochana scrap an allegedly racist rule which bans Sikh officers from wearing a turban on duty.

The London-based Metropolitan Police Sikh Association (MPSA) said An Garda Siochana’s uniform policy was 40 years behind the UK and accused it of racial discrimination.