Gardaí to test their own powers of investigation

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan seems to have bought herself a stay of execution but confidence is not so high that the force can police itself, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

THE initial impression after a trademark performance on Monday was that the Garda commissioner might have done, just about, enough to save her skin.

It wasn’t because Nóirín O’Sullivan adequately explained the burning issue — how come almost half of the 2m breath tests which never actually happened were recorded by gardaí on Pulse. She hadn’t.