The Garda informant intelligence system has "limited, if any, credibility" with the majority of detectives and senior gardaí, according to the Garda Inspectorate.

As part of the ‘Irish Examiner’s third day of analysis on the Garda Inspectorate report, Cormac O’Keeffe uncovers the crisis in the force’s informant handling system

THE system for handling garda informants is to be overhauled this year under a major new initiative.