Middle-ranking gardaí are seeking advice from their solicitors on the prospect of taking legal action against Government plans to push ahead with proposals denying gardaí the right to strike.

Bumping up the figures for the number of motorists breathalysed constitutes one level of deception. Actually falsifying that a checkpoint took place at all is of a different order completely, writes Michael Clifford

The Road Safety Authority is concerned the falsification of breath tests might have reduced garda road-policing, thereby failing to prevent road deaths.

Acting Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin must show the Policing Authority in three weeks what disciplinary proceedings are being taken against gardaí on the breath test scandal.

At one point, the latest exorcism of An Garda Síochána points to a “perfect storm” that resulted in the staggering falsification of breath tests, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

Acting Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin must show the Policing Authority in three weeks what disciplinary proceedings are being taken against gardaí on the breath test scandal.

At the rate we’re going, there will soon be a false breath test for every man, woman, and child in the country.

Gardaí have been told to find “a permanent solution” to the scandal of falsified breath tests for alcohol and wrongful convictions so public trust can be restored in the force.

Garda management will come under renewed pressure today, with a Policing Authority report expected to highlight a culture in the organisation to keep breath test figures high.

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.

A hotel room in Dublin will now set you back an average of €128 a night, higher than Celtic Tiger levels.

Irish hotels enjoyed the sixth year of turnover growth with occupancy levels back to pre-recession levels — but have been warned they must remain competitive or risk losing out to other European cities.

The rising cost of staying in Irish hotels is expected to overtake pre-recession peak levels by the end of this year, raising concerns over how overseas tourists might start viewing Ireland as an affordable travel destination.

Pre-tax profits at the firm that owns the exclusive five-star Conrad Hotel in Dublin last year increased by 11% to €1.025m.

Increased tourism, a weak euro, and recovering domestic demand are helping hotels across the country to reach healthier financial positions. 

The property crash has resulted in a €55m bonanza for a number of accountancy firms overseeing Nama receiverships.

Almost a quarter of the 145 hotels put into receivership at the end of last year are yet to come to market creating a pipeline of properties that will help transactions reach record highs again this year.

Recovery in the Irish hotel and hospitality sector is to be analysed, parsed and predicted by Nine Wise Men, overseen by a male Fulbright scholar — with not a single woman speaker on the bill — at an Irish Hotels Federation seminar next week.

The zombie hotels dotted across the landscape are beginning to revive or die.