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 https://www.thejournal.ie/garda-wrc-findings-re-work-related-stress-7120340-Aug2026/ Garda wins case against An Garda Síochána because it ignored her work-related stress injury The case centres around garda managements failure to help a serving garda who reported that she was suffering mental health problems due to her work. 4.50pm, 3 Aug 2026 9.4k THE WORKPLACE RELATIONS Commission (WRC) has launched a stinging rebuke of An Garda Síochána for how the organisation treated a garda who was suffering from the mental impact of her workplace. The case centres around a female garda involved in the case who had sought to report sick due to work related stress.  She had complained to the WRC that the applicable policies and procedures were properly applied. The body awarded the garda €10,000 compensation and made orders to correct the behaviour of garda management. In the body’s findings An Garda Síochána has been anonymised as “a policing service”. The garda’s name has also been omi...

  Gardaí failed to provide auditors with overtime records   https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0802/1586186-garda-overtime/   An Garda Síochána failed to provide auditors with approval records for overtime payments despite repeated requests for the documents. A review of a €201 million annual overtime bill found supporting paperwork was unavailable in 45 of 67 cases selected for testing. The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) found examples where members were paid for more hours than were authorised. In two cases, more than 50 hours of overtime was paid without the required approval from a senior officer. Ten payments could not be examined after An Garda Síochána failed to organise a meeting requested on several occasions by the C&AG. The audit said: "A meeting with members of the [garda] team to carry out elements of the testing, including overtime approval, was not arranged despite a number of requests to do so." The report said the system ...