Gardaí demand pay increases due to increasing dangers facing frontline members

The Garda Representative Association members voting in favour of gardaí being issued with tasers at the annual conference which took place in Westport, Co Mayo. Pictures: Paul Mealey

Frontline gardaí want better pay to reflect the increasing danger of their job, to address the added workload caused by inadequate numbers in the force, and to combat rising inflation.

Greg O’Neill, a Garda Representative Association (GRA) delegate based in Dublin, told its annual conference that pay must be increased to address increasingly violent assaults on gardaí, some who are having to patrol alone because there are not enough frontline members of the force to ensure they go out in pairs.