{"id":360484,"date":"2026-03-23T06:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/360484\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T06:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:42:11","slug":"over-e189m-of-overtime-paid-to-gardai-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/360484\/","title":{"rendered":"Over \u20ac189m of overtime paid to garda\u00ed last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garda\u00ed were paid more than \u20ac189 million in overtime last year, with some members cashing in to the tune of more than \u20ac50,000 each.<\/p>\n<p>One inspector was able to earn an extra \u20ac65,008 on top of their ordinary salary, according to records released under FOI.<\/p>\n<p>At least 20 officers earned more than \u20ac53,500 in overtime pay during 2025, An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na said.<\/p>\n<p>The overall overtime bill was \u20ac189.01 million \u2013 the equivalent of around \u20ac13,000 per member of the force, based on the latest figures for garda strength.<\/p>\n<p>A further \u20ac4.5 million was paid to staff members of An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, of whom there are currently around 3,500.<\/p>\n<p>The average overtime payment per head for staff was far lower than the garda equivalent at just under \u20ac1,300.<\/p>\n<p>An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na said the \u20ac193.5 million total bill should be considered as a draft figure until their accounts were examined by the Comptroller and Auditor General.<\/p>\n<p>A list of the top 20 overtime earning garda\u00ed showed they shared a combined pot of around \u20ac1.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Three officers earned more than \u20ac60,000 on top of their normal wage, with payments ranging from \u20ac60,277 to \u20ac65,008.<\/p>\n<p>A further ten garda\u00ed took home between \u20ac55,000 and \u20ac60,000 in overtime, according to the data.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the top twenty were seven officers who earned between \u20ac53,531 and \u20ac54,780 in additional pay.<\/p>\n<p>The Dublin Metropolitan Region accounted for more than a third of the overtime bill with \u20ac71.4 million in payments.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/dad-appeals-to-car-thieves-to-return-his-sons-freedom-after-car-stolen-1877883.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/dad-appeals-to-car-thieves-to-return-his-sons-freedom-after-car-stolen-1877883.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gary-david-nolan-e1774176753656.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"Dad Appeals To Car Thieves To Return His Son'S 'Freedom' After Car Stolen\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Ireland<\/p>\n<p>Dad appeals to car thieves to return his son&#8217;s &#8216;freedom&#8217; after car stolen<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over time, a total of \u20ac31.8 million was paid in the North Western Region and \u20ac30.5 million in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p>There was also \u20ac25 million worth of overtime earned in the Southern Region and \u20ac34.8 million in HQ and national units, including units that investigate drug crime and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na said they would not provide the total take-home pay for the twenty officers who earned the most in overtime.<\/p>\n<p>They said they considered this personal information and their earnings needed to be protected in \u201ca confidential and secure manner.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed were paid more than \u20ac189 million in overtime last year, with some members cashing in to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-360484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}