Policing Authority wants all higher Garda posts opened to outsiders

Chairwoman Josephine Feehily criticises how Garda oversight bodies operate

Conor Lally
Chairwoman of the Policing Authority Josephine Feehily: said Government had created a “crowded, confused and inefficient oversight regime” in which holding the Garda to account was difficult. Photograph: Alan Betson

Chairwoman of the Policing Authority Josephine Feehily: said Government had created a “crowded, confused and inefficient oversight regime” in which holding the Garda to account was difficult. Photograph: Alan Betson

All Garda posts at superintendent and higher should be opened up so those outside the force can apply, the Policing Authority has said.

And it also wants all successful candidates to have a probationary period built into their contracts.

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