A call for more robust protections for whistleblowers has been unanimously backed by middle ranking Gardai.
Delegates at the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors conference debated the motion in Killarney in Co Kerry this morning.
The AGSI wants the Garda confidential reporting charter reviewed and revised - to safeguard whistleblowers.
However the association doesn't believe the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission should be considered as the confidential recipient.
Sergeant Tony Lavery says the whistleblowing controversy has done more reputational damage to the Garda Siochana than anything else since the foundation of the force:
