The Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan says the penalty points system is much stronger since new measures were brought in last June.

There are interesting — and stark — differences between the three investigations into the penalty points saga.

Senior gardaí admitted to the Garda Inspectorate that, but for the public scrutiny, failures in the fixed charge processing system would not have come to light.

There were “consistent and widespread breaches” by gardaí of official policies regarding the cancellation of penalty point fines to motorists, a hard-hitting report from the Garda Inspectorate has concluded.