Gardai Ask To Be Allowed To Have Beards If They Choose
Rank and File officers are calling on the Garda Commissioner to change the rules in order for them to be allowed have beards if they choose.
The motion was passed at the Garda Representative Association annual conference by a landslide, with just one person voting against.
Currently, only those with a medical cert can go unshaven, but neat moustaches are allowed.
Garda James Kelleher likes a man with facial hair: "I'm another man that totally dislikes shaving and wouldn't do it if I could get away with it. But on top of that its a human right I think to allow us be natural and allow our hair to grow."