Call to protest: Gardaí to stop using mobiles

THE Garda Síochána faces serious disruption after Garda representatives directed members to stop using their personal mobile phones for police work.

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) the body for rank-and-file members issued the directive in protest at the continuing state of the garda communication system.

"We have a radio system which is a quarter of a century old. The Government either don't know or don't want to know just how bad the situation is," said GRA president Dermot O'Donnell.