In the Garda Armed Support Unit (ASU), firing a gun is the very last option for us. Last year, we used a lethal firearm just twice. We have to remember we are servants of the people to protect the ...

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris addressing the attendance during the launch of the Armed Support Unit facility at Enniscorthy Garda Station on Friday. Pic: Jim Campbell The outgoing Minister of ...

Pic:Mark Condren armed gardai Members of the new Armed Support Unit (ASU) at Garda Headquarters. Pic:Mark Condren 14.12.2016 Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald at the launch of the Armed Support Unit ...

A new armed support unit to police the border region is to begin operations in Cavan-Monaghan. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said the unit is to be staffed by gardaí taken from other armed ...

GARDAÍ WHO TRAINED up and qualified two years ago for the Garda Armed Support Unit (ASU) have still not been deployed despite staffing fears in some regions. It has left units short for responses ...

However, speaking earlier today Garda boss O'Sullivan the country's Armed Support Unit will have 20 extra members by June, an increase of more than third on current numbers. "There will be more ...

THE GARDA ARMED support unit were called to the constituency office of Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe yesterday. In a statement to The Journal, the Dublin South West TD confirmed an incident occurred ...

A Garda spokesman confirmed that Gardaí had ... RTE stay silent on racy photos “With the assistance of the Armed Support Unit, a man in his 20s was arrested in the area," the spokesman ...

Gardaí and members of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) seized over €200k in cash as part of an investigation into suspected ...

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Longford Gardaí received a report of criminal damage to a car and they attended the scene with members of the Armed Support ...