Donal O Cualain
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Gardaí urge new offences in overhaul of white-collar crime
- Crime & Law
- October 22, 2018, 01:00
New criminal offences including “reckless trading” and “causing a financial institution to fail” should be introduced as part of an overhaul of white-(...)

PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Drew Harris appointed Garda Commissioner
- Crime & Law
- June 26, 2018, 12:20
The Government has agreed the appointment of Drew Harris as the next Garda Commissioner at a salary of €250,000. Mr Harris, who is currently the Depu(...)

Opinions divided in Garda about naming outsider as commissioner
- Crime & Law
- June 25, 2018, 00:59
It’s a September morning in 2014 and a group of young men and women shuffles into a small lecture theatre. They’re suited and booted and finally getti(...)

No plan in place for policing a hard border, warns Garda chief
- Crime & Law
- May 30, 2018, 05:00
Garda management has currently no detailed policing plans in place for the Border in the event of a hard Brexit, the Acting Garda Commissioner, Donal (...)

Renovated and extended €34m Cork courthouse unveiled
- Irish News
- May 28, 2018, 17:41
A new €34.8 million criminal court complex in Cork will meet the city’s needs for decades to come, according to Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan.(...)

Murder inquiry opens into death of ‘Baby John’ in Kerry in 1984
- Crime & Law
- January 17, 2018, 01:00
A full murder inquiry into the discovery of a baby boy on a beach outside Cahersiveen in Co Kerry more than 30 years ago has begun, following a Garda (...)

Gardaí apologise to woman at centre of Kerry babies case
- Irish News
- January 16, 2018, 20:28
Acting Garda Commissioner Donal O’Cualáin has apologised to Kerry woman Joanne Hayes for her treatment by gardaí over 30 years ago when she was arrest(...)
Politics in 2017: A year of living dangerously
- Editorial
- December 27, 2017, 00:01
The political landscape shifted towards the end of the year. First, in favour of Fianna Fáil, when Leo Varadkar appeared ready to cause a general elec(...)

Examination of O’Sullivan’s private email not shared with department
- Politics
- December 7, 2017, 14:58
Gardaí conducted an inquiry into the use of a private email account by the former Garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan but did not notify the Departme(...)

Acting Garda commissioner to appear before justice committee
- Politics
- October 4, 2017, 01:00
Both Garda management and rank-and-file members must accept responsibility for the falsification of breath-test figures, the acting Garda commissioner(...)