The following is a summary of regions affected by the GRA's one-day stoppage.
Cork
The three divisions of Cork East, North and West reported a 100 per cent absentee rate among GRA members on Saturday with only divisional and district headquarters throughout the city and county remaining open.
But a police presence was maintained in the city and in larger towns which are not district headquarters as student gardai, sergeants, inspectors, superintendents and higher ranks provided policing.
According to spokesmen in all three divisions, there were no major incidents though gardai in Youghal and Cork city were investigating a report of a rape on Saturday morning.
The day of action passed off quietly in Cork city where fears that the lack of gardai might result in problems as pubs and discos closed proved unfounded.
"It was a pretty quiet night. We had nine arrests, a couple of public order offences, one drink driving and a few larcenies but nothing unusual. We think a lot of people went home after watching the World Cup match," said a garda.
Kerry
Gardai reported a quiet day. According to Tralee Supt John O'Connor, the GRA action was well supported but divisional headquarters, district headquarters and larger town stations remained open.
"We had no major problems and in the country areas many of the stations would have been closed anyway.
"We maintained a police presence and we were able to deal with whatever arose. Overall, it passed off quietly enough," he said.
Limerick
There was 100 per cent support in North Munster for the one-day stoppage, according to the executive. Mr Paul Browne, Limerick, a member of the negotiating team, said members were directing the executive to continue the national protest, which he considered highly successful.
There were no major policing problems outside the normal scope of members of the AGSI with assistance from probationary members.
At one stage on Saturday Dublin colleagues asked senior gardai to swoop on the Limerick city market where suspect engineering tools were on sale.
North East
The stoppage had little effect on crime levels in the north-east. Some motorists did take the opportunity to break the 70 m.p.h. speed limit on the Dunleer bypass motorway but the weekend passed off without any increase in criminal activity, according to gardai.
"It was no busier than usual," said a garda in Dundalk.
There were no major incidents reported in Carrickmacross, "just routine calls", a spokesperson said.
Navan and Drogheda gardai reported " a quiet weekend" while those at Dromad, south of the Armagh/Louth Border, said there were no more calls than usual.
South East
No major incidents were reported in the Waterford-Kilkenny division where virtually all rank-and-file gardai stayed away from work between 6 a.m. on Saturday and 6 a.m. yesterday. Waterford city, as a training depot for probationer gardai, was virtually unaffected. Senior members were able to dispatch trainees to rural stations. On Saturday morning, sergeants and inspectors in Tramore were left with a single probationer but as members called in sick throughout Saturday morning three students and a "couple of members" from the higher Garda ranks went to the seaside town to provide back-up.
Gardai from Dungarvan and Tramore shared their limited resources following an accident between a bus and a car at Scrahan, Kilmacthomas, at 12.55 p.m. on Saturday.
Fourteen children and three adults were removed to Waterford Regional Hospital. All were released later in the afternoon.
Several cars were vandalised in the beach at Tramore on Saturday night. Three youths were arrested and later released without charge. A file is being prepared for the DPP.
A spokesman at Ballybricken Garda station in Waterford city said there was a presence on the beat and on patrol during the 24 hours of the stoppage and no difficulties were encountered.
Midlands
There was a 100 per cent observance of the stoppage by rank-and-file gardai throughout the midlands on Saturday, but no marked upsurge in crime was reported.
All the major towns, such as Portlaoise, Tullamore, Mullingar and Longford, reported "an unusually quiet" Saturday night, while in Tullamore a Garda spokesman said there was the usual quota of Saturday night incidents in the town, including an alleged rape and a stolen car.
Longford town enjoyed an "exceptionally quiet" night despite the stoppage, while in Athlone, student gardai were involved in four arrests. All major Garda stations in the midlands had a small quota of student gardai on duty.
North West
A spokesman for gardai at divisional headquarters in Donegal estimated 98 per cent support for the action. Several stations in the division had to be closed while those that remained open were staffed largely by probationers and sergeants.
He said that "by and large Saturday had been a very quiet night". There had been several arrests in Letterkenny, Buncrana and Bundoran for criminal damage and public order offences.
At Sligo Garda station a garda took issue with Sunday newspaper reports of 70 per cent support for the GRA's action in Sligo and claimed it had received 100 per cent support.
He had not heard any reports of major incidents on Saturday and said a "skeleton staff" of students and sergeants seemed to have coped well.
Galway
A spokesman at Mill Street who had taken part in the action said he had heard of "nothing outrageous" happening in the city. A relatively large number of probationers were training in the city, and along with student gardai and sergeants were able to provide a reasonably adequate service and "got through it with no great incident to worry about", he said. He put support among rank-and-file gardai at "80 to 90 per cent".