Rank and file Gardaí in Tipperary are confident the public will back their action planned for November.
The GRA is to proceed with “a unilateral withdrawal of services” on four separate days in their pay row.
Rank and file Gardaí say they have no option but to take industrial action.
The move by the Garda Representative Association – which has 10,500 members – follows the union's rejection of new pay proposals negotiated with the Department of Justice.
Speaking on Tipp Today Tipperary Division GRA rep Tom Finnan said he doesn't fear the public will turn against Gardaí because of the action.
999 calls will still be answered even if Gardaí go on strike.
The GRA says management will put contingency plans in place while rank and file officers go on strike during their pay row.
Gardaí are not legally allowed to go on strike.
But the former Justice Minister Nora Owen says they may not be technically breaking the law by withdrawing their services.
Meanwhile the Tanaiste and Justice Minister, Frances Fitzgerald, has stated that she's in no doubt about the seriousness of the threatened Garda strike.
Rank and file officers could yet be joined in the action by the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors.
In the Dáil, Minister Fitzgerald appealed to the GRA to return to talks with the Department of Justice.
