The authority's commentary said the review found that 28 cases had at least one “investigative issue”, ranging from minor issues to ones that were a “cause for concern”.

In his first public comments since being appointed, Bob Collins said the authority will be “unrelenting and undeviating” in using its statutory powers to advise the minister of justice of any such danger.

The popular broadcaster passed away last Monday at the age of 85.

More than 460 gardaí have so far being disciplined in relation to the failure to prosecute almost 3,500 juvenile offenders, it has emerged.

Garda bosses say up to 90% of recommendations to improve public order policing will be implemented by the end of the year, with the rest following early in 2020.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has directed senior officers to examine 3,400 gardaí — around a quarter of all members — to see if disciplinary issues arise for failing to prosecute almost 8,000 criminal offences by juveniles over an eight-year period.

Some 29 people — 26 men and three women — were considered for the Garda Commissioner job.

The heads of two policing oversight bodies have signalled that selection and promotion processes in the gardaí need to be overhauled in order to combat perceptions of favouritism and unfairness.

A Garda finding that their public order operation at the Jobstown water charge protest in November 2014 was a success was described as “an extraordinary conclusion” at the Policing Authority yesterday.

GARDA Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has thus far managed to hold on to her job, despite a litany of failings within the force. 

The Policing Authority has expressed considerable concern at the lack of Garda progress in meeting government targets to recruit 500 civilians by the end of 2017.

Senior gardaí said it was frustrating that only one side of the story in the current whistleblower controversy had so far been aired and welcomed the opportunity for a full hearing before the forthcoming Charleton public inquiry.

The priority has long been to protect the force’s image and senior officers. At the Policing

A continuing failure to keep some victims of crime informed about their investigations was described as “quite disconcerting” at yesterday’s Policing Authority meeting with the Garda Commissioner.

Detections for drink driving are up this year despite a significant drop in the number of people being breathalysed.

Josephine Feehily marked our cards from the outset.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said the board members of the new Policing Authority were of the “highest calibre”, after claims they were political appointees.

Alison O’ Connor says we shouldn’t dismiss it as harmless when society judges women on their appearance 

TV and radio stations may be less likely to face sanctions in future under the Broadcasting Act for remarks made on air.

The head of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has claimed UTV’s planned entry into the TV market in the Republic has highlighted major anomalies in broadcasting legislation.

New research from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland shows that the vast majority of people are still watching TV on their sets at home.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is to ask the Government to bring in legislation to facilitate the establishment of a register of the financial interests of TV and radio presenters.

News and current affairs presenters are to be prevented from expressing their own views on matters of public controversy under new rules drawn up by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

The IFA has criticised as “deeply flawed” proposals by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) to restrict the advertising of cheese to children along similar lines to confectionery.

RTÉ bosses faced a sustained attack from TDs and senators of all political parties yesterday amid the continuing fallout of the Prime Time Investigates programme which seriously libelled Fr Kevin Reynolds.

The chairman of RTÉ has said he still finds it inexplicable that the hugely damaging 'Mission to Prey' programme in which Father Kevin Reynolds was defamed was allowed to air.

An Oireachtas Committee has been hearing from Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) chiefs about its findings against RTÉ.

The RTÉ board is expected to reject criticism by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland that it failed to waive legal privilege for an inquiry into the Prime Time Investigates programme at a special meeting with Pat Rabbitte, the communications minister, today.

Heads could roll as Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte confronts the board of the RTÉ Authority tomorrow over the Prime Time Investigates programme Mission To Prey.

Adverts for cheddar cheese, butter, margarine and mayonnaise could be banned during children’s programmes.

ANY inquiry into RTÉ should inspire confidence in its complete independence, with no links between the parties involved.

CHEESE, breakfast cereals and butter could be hit with advertising restrictions due to fears over their effects on children’s health.

Advertisements for cheese and butter could be banned during children's television programmes.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland is to launch a public consultation on the advertising of food and drink to children today.

Under-representation of women in the North's politics has reached crisis point and must be confronted, campaigners warned today.

A LEVY to fund the new Broadcasting Authority of Ireland is being imposed on all broadcasters licensed in the state at the worst possible time, the head of the new independent regulator admitted yesterday.

UNDER-ESTIMATING the difficulty of a situation seems to be our new national sport; denial has become the new black.

A “No Foreigners” sign on a house to let in Belfast provoked outrage today.

Greg Norman has received an invitation to play in next month's US PGA Championship at Oakland Hills on the back of his joint third-place finish in The Open.

A former deputy speaker in the Assembly has been appointed to the Equality Commission.

The high number of students who leave the North to study at universities in Britain and do not return may have a knock-on effect for the local economy, it was warned today.