The GRA says a number of rank and file gardaí are being forced to sleep in their cars because of cut backs.

The issue of pay and resources is likely to dominate the agenda of the first day of the Garda Representative Association's annual conference in Co Carlow.

Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan is due to address 150 delegates representing 10-thousand gardaí across the country later.

GRA President Dermot O'Brien says she'll be told the harsh reality of members being 'recruited into poverty'.