Arming gardai would be "a step too far", the General Secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has said this morning.
Antoinette Cunningham was responding comments made by Leo Varadkar over the weekend. The Tanaiste said that if the Department of Justice and the Garda Commissioner came to him about requesting that members of the force be armed he would "absolutely say yes".
"People don't feel as safe on our streets, and even in their homes as they did previously," he told the Irish Mail on Sunday. However, Ms Cunningham told Neswstalk there is "no need to change the status quo".
