Garda Representative Association calls for priority PCR Covid testing for gardaí

A Garda Representative Association spokesman has complained that previous calls for priority booster vaccinations and access to priority PCR testing for gardaí were "ignored". File Picture: Dan Linehan

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has warned that the force is still seeing significant numbers of staff absent from work because of Covid-19 and called for priority PCR testing for gardaí. 

Vice President of the GRA, Brendan O'Connor, said that the pandemic was having an impact on the force either because people were infected or were close contacts.