Update 10.24am: Garda reps say body cams would help keep people calm. Members of the force are trying to convince bosses to spend up to €80m fitting them with personal recording devices. Antoinette Cunningham, President of the AGSI, says they have been proven to work. Earlier: Garda reps trying to justify €80m they want to spend on body worn camerasGarda reps are trying to justify the amount of money they want to spend on body cams. "If we had the body worn cameras we would be able to play the incident from start to finsh and give a clear account of events as they occurred.

Source: Evening echo February 13, 2018 09:00 UTC