Helen McEntee declines to attend GRA conference as Drew Harris not invited

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee had asked the GRA to reconsider their decision not to invite Garda Commissioner Drew Harris. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins

“The Minister for Justice has engaged with the GRA in recent weeks and asked them to reconsider inviting the Garda Commissioner to their annual conference,” a spokeswoman for the minister said. In a statement, GRA president Brendan O’Connor and general secretary Ronan Slevin said her decision is “extremely disappointing and shows a clear lack of understanding of the issues that are affecting our members”.

Sinn Féin’s Justice spokesperson Pa Daly said that the decision was “strange” given the Fine Gael party’s focus on crime.The public did not want to see “the people who are supposed to be in charge falling out or fighting with each other.

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