Jim O’Callaghan could follow Helen McEntee in solidarity step with commissioner
may not attend the annual conference of the Garda Representative Association in April if the association fails to backdown on its decision not to invite Garda Commissioner
Mr O’Callaghan was on Thursday due to meet the leadership of the GRA for talks, where the matter of Mr Harris’s conference snub was expected to be raised. In reply to queries from The Irish Times, the Department of Justice said the meeting between Mr O’Callaghan and the GRA would involve the discussion of “a range of issues”.
The decision not to invite him has followed a protracted period of difficult relations between the GRA and the commissioner, with the association putting an unprecedented vote of no confidence in the commissioner to its members in 2023. That was carried by a majority of almost 99 per cent amid a row of gardaí campaigning at the time to remain on rosters put in place for the pandemic.
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