General Secretary Joe Dirwan (left) making a presentation to AGSI President Aidan O'Donnell to mark his stepping down from the position as president and his forthcoming retirement from An Garda Siochana that will take place on December 31st.
Aidan resigned from his AGSI position at the December meeting of the executive. Galway-based vice-president Padraic Dolan was elected to take his place.
It is with deep regret that we have learned of the unexpected death of Pat Davy, former Deputy General Secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors.
Pat, a native of Thurles, Co. Tipperary, had served in Garda Headquarters where he was a sergeant based in the Criminal Records Office; he was also a former honorary secretary of the Garda Headquarters Branch of AGSI.
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AGSI member Sgt Gabriel Plower was presented with a Bronze Medal and Certificate of Bravery by the Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett, TD at the recent annual awards of Comhairle na Mire Gaile – the Deeds of Bravery Council. Gabriel, then based in Arklow but now in Wicklow, received his award for the rescue of a man drowning in the Avoca River in July, 2008. He was assisted during the rescue by another AGSI member, Sgt. Fergal McHugh. Four other gardaí also received awards for bravery at the same ceremony.
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Inspector Maura Walsh, member of the Garda Clay Pigeon Shooting Club, was a recipient of one of the Garda Sportstars Awards at the recent ceremony in Limerick. In 2011 she qualified as captain of the Ireland Ladies Clay Pigeon Shooting team and she also won 10 medals in the World Police and Fire Games in the USA.
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Eddie Hyland, Irish Contingent Commander of the UN Mission to Kosovo, briefed senior Irish officials on the current situation during their recent visit to the EULEX Headquarters at Farmed, Pristina.
The visitors were the Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Irish Ambassador to Kosovo.
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Blanchardstown gardaí held a very successful Open Day recently during which hundreds of local people attended and viewed a spectacular afternoon of garda and frontline service displays.
Big hits with the local families and dozens of local children included the displays by the public order unit, the Water Unit and the Mounted Unit as well as music provided by the Garda Band.
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Fifty years ago the period 4th - 15th November, 1961, saw a traumatic time in the history of An Garda Síochána.
During this week eleven men were dismissed from the force.
Their only ‘crime’ was that they had attended a mass meeting of gardaí in the Macushla Ballroom off Amiens Street a few days earlier – Saturday 4th November, 1961 – that the Commissioner Dan Costigan had ruled to be illegal.
Our picture shows AGSI President Aidan O'Donnell making the presentation to Jack Marrinan who served as general secretary to the garda representative body from 1962 to 1989.
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Members of the Garda Retired Members Association celebrated 50 years of existence with a special dinner in Westmanstown attended by the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese.
The celebration heard a tribute to the founders of the association by the GRSMA President, Tony Sourke. The first committee 'worked tirelessly to set up the structure of the organisation that we have here today,' he said.
Picture shows the president greeting Pauric Costello, John Durcan (former President of AGSI) and Vice President of the GRMSA, Grace Lyden.
The 33rd Annual Delegate Conference was held in April in the Strand Hotel, Limerick. You can read the major speeches and view photographs from the event here.
Click hereThe Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors deplores the sudden announcement of the closure of 30 garda stations and the reduction of opening hours of a further 10.
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The death has occurred of a member of An Gharda Siochana who was given that rare privilege of being described as "a legend in his own ...
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Warnings of the effects of the rundown of the force because of the bar on recruitment and accelerated retirements have been given by AGSI President ...
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The new AGSI retirement presentation piece is a specially-commissioned bronze bust of a garda - a female version is also available and will be ...
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