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Sources have told The Irish Mirror that former colleagues of the man believe he could fly out of Ireland as early as this week

GSOC, which is a civilian body that investigates allegations of wrongdoing against gardai, has no power to compel the man to talk because he has resigned.

Speaking the annual AGSI confrence in Galway, Justice Minister Simon Harris said that Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin had attempted to compare gardaí to "some sort of colonial force past" in his controversial tweet.

Mr Ó Broin posted a picture of an image by artist Mála Spíosarí that is based on a famine-era eviction and includes photoshopped images of both masked and uniformed gardaí

Fine Gael Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan said that the tweet from Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin showing modern day gardaí at a famine-era eviction was an example of the "mask lifting"

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors today said it is calling for the formal withdrawal of the Gender Identity in the Workplace plan. The topic is one of many expected to be raised at the annual conference of AGSI in Salthill , Galway this week.

The protest follows the moving of gardai to a new roster during the Covid-19 pandemic

“The membership is angry, upset and frustrated that just over five weeks from now they do not know what their work pattern is, a situation which would be unacceptable in any other workplace"

He told the broadcaster: “I don’t think there’s any risk of a blue flu.”