Michael Clifford: Cultural leap proved too great for embattled Garda Commissioner

In the end, Noirin O’Sullivan was incapable of escaping the culture that moulded her, writes Michael Clifford.

On appointment to the role of commissioner three years ago, she pledged to eliminate the negative aspects of garda culture, and accentuate the positive.

Yet her tenure ultimately demonstrated that she was not capable of standing apart from all she’d known and learned to effect real change.