Martin becomes first Taoiseach to attend PSNI ceremony

RTÉ News · RTÉ News · 2026-11-06 10:00 UTC

Micheál Martin has become the first Taoiseach to attend a passing out ceremony for new PSNI student officers, a quarter of a century after the new police service for Northern Ireland was formed.

Micheál Martin has become the first Taoiseach to attend a passing out ceremony for new Police Service of Northern Ireland student officers, a quarter of a century after the new police service was formed.

Mr Martin attended the attestation of 36 new officers at the Police Service of Northern Ireland's training college at Garnerville in east Belfast.

The event came at the end of a week that marked the 25th anniversary of the PSNI, which replaced the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 2001 as part of peace process policing reforms.

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