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Donegal Garda is new GRA Vice President – vows to tackle ‘difficulties’

written by Chris McNulty December 30, 2020
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A DONEGAL-based Garda has been elected as the new Vice-President of the Garda Representative Association (GRA).

Brendan O’Connor, a Garda based in Dunfanaghy, was elected at the annual delegate meeting, held online yesterday.

Limerick-based Frank Thornton was elected as President with O’Connor taking over as the Vice-President.

Both men were elected unopposed to the high-ranking positions on the GRA, an organisation which represents 12,500 rank-and-file Gardaí.

O’Connor said members had become ‘disillusioned’ with the association and said that he would be prioritising the representation of officers.

“Our members are doing a great job and I will make sure that they are well represented,” O’Connor said.

“When they are out there they are facing real challenges such as assaults, their personal details being shared online, vexatious complaints along with issues of training and resources.

“I am acutely aware of the difficulties they face and I will put these issues at the top of my agenda.”

Donegal Garda is new GRA Vice President – vows to tackle ‘difficulties’ was last modified: December 30th, 2020 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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