Raising age limit of gardaí 'will not solve recruitment issue'

Newly graduated gardaí Emer Sheehan and Eva Mahedy celebrating during Friday's passing out parade in Templemore. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

The president of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) has said that raising the age limit of garda recruits to 50 won’t solve the issues faced by the force.

On Friday, Justice Minister Helen McEntee acknowledged that raising the age limit from 35 to 50 will come with challenges and “everybody will still have to do fitness test”.