Time we challenged the ‘blue wall of silence’ in An Garda Síochána

It has taken years of effort to get allegations of malpractice in An Garda Síochána heard, writes TD Clare Daly

Time we challenged the ‘blue wall of silence’ in An Garda Síochána

THE O’Higgins report is an appalling account of lawlessness, indiscipline, perjury, incompetence, and laziness inside An Garda Síochána in the Cavan-Monaghan district — behaviour which was never exposed or disciplined, despite almost a decade of internal investigations at the highest level.

Maurice McCabe has been utterly vindicated, but at what cost to him, his family, and indeed the victims of crime — not to mind other whistleblowers?

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