Not one garda has been disciplined over the bogus alcohol breath test scandal despite the force admitting it inaccurately recorded some 6.4m tests at one stage.

Overtime pay has spiralled across all 28 Garda divisions across the country in the first half of 2017.

Latest: The Acting Garda Commissioner has said the decision to re-open Stepaside Garda Station was not politically motivated.

The Acting Garda Commissioner and the force's principal watchdog have clashed over where the blame lies for the scandal of 1.4 million bogus breath tests.

The HSE and gardaí are at the centre of an escalating stand-off with a Dáil committee after failing to hand over key documents into the Grace foster abuse and Stepaside garda station controversies.

Garda bosses are to examine the feasibility of installing an online ‘track-my-crime’ facility for victims.

Acting Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan has defended plans to set up a Garda authority and said it will add additional trust between the public and the force.

The Garda’s Computer Crime Investigation unit has been beefed up with an additional eight forensic examiners in a bid to tackle a significant backlog in processing online child abuse cases.

The cancellation of fixed charge notices and penalty points will be discussed by the Public Accounts Committee later today.

The newly appointed Justice Minister, Frances Fitzgerald, has praised the actions of Garda whistleblowers and vowed critics will be listened to in the "new era and new culture" of policing.

Newspaper reports indicate Mr Ian Bailey is calling on the Minister for Justice and Acting Garda Commissioner to refrain from any further co-operation with the French investigation into the murder of Sophie Tuscon de Plantier. This is his legal right as a citizen of this country.