Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said the GAA must do more to help boost the number of Catholics joining the PSNI. The Fianna Fáil leader told The Irish News that the sports and cultural body needed to be more vocal in encouraging Catholics into the police service’s ranks.
He was speaking after meeting the Catholic Police Guild of Northern Ireland (CPG), whose chairman said the GAA’s engagement with his organisation to date had been “measured”.
The Tánaiste said the PSNI was “not getting the support in the community”. “The GAA can do more there; the GAA should be in lockstep to support Catholics going into the PSNI, because we need to follow through on Patten and the principles of Patten,” he said