Update 10.37am: Frontline supervisors are pushing for a comprehensive suicide prevention programme for An Garda Síochána in light of an apparent increase in members taking their own lives. The Galway branch wants the association “to demand that a continuous professional development programme is implemented” to educate gardaí of every rank on how policing impacts on mental health. AGSI President Antoinette Cunningham said it was “opportune and overdue” that members’ welfare at work took centre stage. A number of AGSI members will share their personal stories on the trauma and stress they have experienced on the job. Two motions on the negative impact of policing on garda mental health will also be debated at their annual conference, beginning this afternoon.

Source: Evening echo March 26, 2018 07:07 UTC