Taoiseach attends PSNI passing out event in historic first for an Irish premier

Evening Standard · David Young · 2026-11-06 12:46 UTC

Micheál Martin was at an attestation ceremony for 36 new officers at the police training college in east Belfast.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has become the first Irish premier to attend a passing out ceremony for new police officers in Northern Ireland.

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

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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