The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) is to call on the Garda Commissioner to issue “new, clear and updated” guidelines for members regarding attendance at evictions
THE ASSOCIATION OF Garda Sergeants and Inspectors is to call on the Garda Commissioner to issue “new, clear and updated” guidelines for members regarding attendance at evictions.Speaking to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, the Association’s general secretary, Antoinette Cunningham said that in a speech, AGSI president will call on the Garda Commissioner to “issue new, clear and updated guidelines for members who may be asked to attend at evictions so that we’re all very clear in our role”.
Cunningham also said that Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin should have made clear he was criticising the Government when he shared an image on Twitter which depicted Gardaí edited into a famine-era eviction scene. The image, created by Dublin artist Mála Spíosraí, shows an eviction scene consistent with those throughout the famine era only members of An Garda Síochána added as the enforcers.Over the weekend, the tweet has been criticised by the justice minister as well as the general secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors , Antoinette Cunningham, who called it “deeply offensive”.
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