"Gardaí at the conference agreed with an urgent motion that the current suspension policy is not fair and equitable and voted unanimously this morning for the Garda Commissioner to implement a fully independent appeals process for suspended members."
"The GRA's general secretary Ronan Slevin said members in the South East were identified online, 'identified who they were, where they were stationed, where they're living, where their kids go to school. You can't get much more detailed than that.'"
"'It's very hard to have confidence in your policing when you realise any actions you take in line with ensuring the safety of the public and the State, that your family are going to be threatened.'"
Detective Garda Eamonn Cunnane and seven suspended gardaí from Limerick and Clare were cleared after a lengthy investigation. Cunnane faced a criminal probe for lending a bicycle during lockdowns. At a conference, gardaí expressed concerns over the fairness of suspension policies and unanimously called for an independent appeals process. Additionally, threats to gardaí and their families were highlighted, with personal information being shared online during protests, raising serious safety concerns for officers and their loved ones.
Read at Irish Independent
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