Rank and file Gardaí have voted to accept the recent Labour Court pay deal by a margin of 3 to 1.

The GRA has just announced the result of its ballot of 10,000 Gardaí, with a turnout of 69%.

75% were in favour of the Labour Court's pay deal which came ahead of a planned Garda strike.

GRA President Ciaran O'Neill says he expects that strike is now off for good:

The Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has welcomed the outcome of the ballot by GRA members.

Speaking this evening, the Minister for Justice said no one wanted to see industrial action that would have damaged the hard-earned reputation of An Garda Síochána.