Frontline gardaí will begin carrying Tasers as part of pilot programme

Commissioner Kelly is on the public record as saying that Tasers will only be provided to gardaí with body cams.

A pilot programme for equipping frontline gardaí with Tasers will begin this week.

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan will bring a memo to Cabinet noting the beginning of the project that allows around 120 specially trained frontline gardaí in Dublin central, Waterford, and Kilkenny to carry conducted energy devices, commonly known as Tasers.