Scandal and reform of Garda Letter to Editor Irish Times 05.06.10
GRA President, Damien McCarthy,  replies to irish Times article “Academic warns of more Garda scandal” in which a Belfast law lecturer who researched the findings of the Morris tribunal asserted that there will be more Garda scandals. Read the Letter to the Editor here >>

court, Garda interpreters have no qualification  Irish Times  07.06.10
Hundreds of interpreters working in the courts and for the Garda have no formal ... The Garda Representative Association has also raised concerns over  standards here >>
No quality controls laid down for courts and Garda translators   Irish Times 07.06.10
Tom O’Sullivan, GRA,  says interpreters are not vetted and there is no system to check basic accreditation and language proficiency….

Macroom gardaí defer walkout over station row Examiner 03.06.10
The organisation which represents rank-and-file members of the force, the Garda Representative Association (GRA), met with officials from the OPW earlier this week, ahead of the planned walkout at Macroom Garda Station on Tuesday next.... here >>

Draft Public Service Agreement 2010 – 2014 : CLARIFICATIONS  11.05.10
Faciliatator Kieran Mulvey, C.E.O. of the Labour Relations Commission, issued general Clarifications on the Draft Public Service Agreement 2010 - 2014 on the 6th May 2010 & following discussions with the Garda Representative Association, issued Garda-specific Clarifications on the Draft Agreement to the Association on the 11th May 2010. View both sets of clarifications here >>

INCOME LEVY / PENSION LEVY CERTIFICATES 2009 03.06.10
Certificates of Deductions of Income Levy for 2009 have issued to all members. This certificate can be treated as a P60, where members feel there may be an overpayment - they may be raised with Revenue for reconciling. Pension Levy Deduction Certificates for 2009 will issue in the next two weeks.

Gardai claim cars are unfit for crime fighting  Herald.ie   21.05.10
By Cormac Byrne. GARDAI say they are being forced to drive around in a rickety old fleet of cars, most of which haven't passed the NCT. Members of the GRA ... Ultan Sherlock & Tom Keane comment here >>

Plans to rebuild gutted Garda station   Irish Examiner  17.05.10
Garda Representative Association (GRA) central executive committee member Mick Corcoran said the prefab Gardaí were now working from was not ideal…. Meanwhile, it is hoped there may be a resolution to a dispute in Macroom ….. Read here >>

PUBLIC SUPPORT GARDAí ON PAY Irish Sunday Independent   02.05.10
The Sunday Independent / Quantum Research Poll was carried out to gauge the public view following Annual Conference 2010, which the Minister for Justice, Dermot Ahern failed to attend due to the address of outgoing President Michael O’Boyce. 66% of those polled believed the Minister should have attended. View the full poll results with detailed analysis here >>

ANNUAL DELEGATE CONFERENCE LIMERICK 27th - 28th April 2010
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GRA MOVIE - “ANGRY, BETRAYED & DISILLUSIONED”
View the GRA Movie - as premiered at the Annual Conference 2010 and on YouTube. Showing GRA members putting themselves on the line night and day on film while burdened by the worries in the back of their minds about  reduced pay and its impact on their families. View here >>

POLITICAL PRESSURE ON GARDA    Letter to Editor, Irish Times  01.05.10
Dr MICHAEL MULQUEEN, Lecturer, School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication, University of Limerick gives a superb analysis of the “..system of centralised government control of policing” and concludes that “so too are there dangers in political pressure on An Garda Síochána  The latter should not pass without similar scrutiny and comment…” Read his letter in full here >>

ACTION AGAINST PAY-CUTS
Our Action against Pay-Cuts formulated by our Central Executive Committee as set out in GRA Newsletter 10/24 commenced 22.03.10 and there has been strong support for this Action throughout the country.
Action Form here >>
 - Gardaí begin work-to-rule Irish Times 22.03.10
 - Gardaí begin 'withdrawal of goodwill'  RTE.ie 22.03.10
 - Garda mobile phone protest is underway  Evening Herald  22.03.10

HOW PAY-CUTS IN BUDGET 2010 AFFECT PAY SCALES
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