Gardaí unveil new 'contemporary' uniform in major overhaul
An Garda Síochána has unveiled a brand new uniform to be worn by officers across the country.
The new uniform is now being delivered and will be worn by all uniformed members by the end of March.
The delivery of a new Garda Uniform to frontline operational Gardaí commences this week.
Over the next number of weeks, this new operational uniform will be delivered to over 13,000 uniform members of An Garda Síochána of Garda, Sergeant and Inspector rank across every Garda Region, Division, District and in excess of 560 Garda stations nationwide.
"The new Garda Uniform is also a key recommendation outlined in the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland Report, ‘A Police Service For Our Future’.
"At a later date, the Garda Commissioner will announce a formal ‘go-live’ date when this new uniform will become the operational uniform for daily duties, currently expected to be in March 2022.
"As An Garda Síochána approaches the 100th anniversary of its establishment, this is only the third time in that century that a formal upgrade of the Garda uniform has taken place."
The new uniform will consist of a two-tone soft shell jacket; two-tone waterproof jacket; Garda blue polo shirt; operational trousers and practical base layers.
The current uniform cap remains in operation as a unique and distinctive element of the Garda uniform.
Gardaí said: "In developing the uniform, An Garda Síochána embarked on a bottom-up collaboration through the Uniform Committee of An Garda Síochána, including international research and implementing a Pilot Project involving nearly 200 frontline Gardaí based at three Garda Stations (Tallaght, Henry Street and Bunclody). These extensive collaborations and engagement designed An Garda Síochána’s new uniform ‘by Garda members, for Garda members’."