Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said there is a need to ensure that road-policing gardai are not exposed to ‘excessive levels of danger’.

The Garda Representative Association, which represents almost 13,000 frontline gardaí, ed a motion at its annual conference yesterday, saying it will not attend policing planning meetings for the presidency until issues over suspension and entitlements have been resolved.

For the second year in a row, the justice minister of the day has not attended the GRA’s conference because the association has again decided not to invite Garda Commissioner Drew Harris.

It happened on the M50 near Finglas when two gardaí, a man and a woman, responded to a single car crash.

The deal comes after years of intense and sometimes bitter negotiations between uniformed gardaí and garda management

The unprecedented move comes amid ongoing discontent on a series of issues.

The Garda Representative Association said morale within the rank and file was in ‘tatters’.

The age limit for people applying to the Gardaí has been increased to 50

The Minister for Justice said the only way to resolve the row is through talks.

The proposed move is one of a series of steps agreed by the Garda Representative Association.

GRA president Brendan O’Connor said he had ‘even less confidence’ in the Garda Commissioner now

The deterioration in relations comes after almost 99 per cent of GRA who voted in a recent ballot expressed no confidence in the Garda Commissioner

The Garda Representative Association is due to meet Helen McEntee next week, according to the Taoiseach.

The move by the GRA, which represents almost 11,000 rank-and-file gardaí out of the 14,000-strong force, is unprecedented

Figures from the Irish Tourist Assistance Service show they have helped 782 tourists affected by crime in the State so far this year

The Garda Representative Association is balloting amid a deepening dispute over Drew Harris’s plans to change the force’s rostering system

While the GRA respected the Commissioner honouring his commitment, the point was that the population had risen and garda numbers had dropped since then, Mr Slevin told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland

Garda Representative Association president Brendan O’Connor said a pilot programme should not be delayed over the “sidebar issue” of facial recognition

Minister for Justice Simon Harris said the review into Gsoc’s 'processes and procedures' will be carried out by an independent examiner, yet to be selected.

Minister for Justice Simon Harris said on Saturday that revelations are a “serious matter which needs to be investigated”

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) say more needs to be done to protect of the force following an attack on officers in Ballyfermot, Co Dublin

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris made the pledge after a spate of recent assaults on officers

Freedom of Information figures released to Newstalk show that 243 of the force were assaulted since 2021

Almost 400 officers have resigned since 2018, according to new figures

Gardaí had a dual role to play in such circumstances – to provide for the community, but also to conduct a full investigation, Mr O'Connor told RTÉ Radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show.

The president of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) urges victims of coercive control to come forward, "Your rights will be vindicated. Justice will be served".