Garda management strongly criticised by Policing Authority
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Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan arriving for the Policing Authority meeting in Dublin, May 26th, 2016. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
The Policing Authority, the new body set up to oversee the Garda Síochána’s policing functions, has issued a series of stinging criticisms of the management of gardaí following a meeting with the Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan on Thursday to discuss the report of the O’Higgins inquiry.
In a statement issued last night, the authority said it would hold two further meetings with the Commissioner in public in the coming weeks to discuss the policing failures identified in the inquiry report, and the Garda management’s response to them.