The Policing Authority is due to hold a special public meeting next week to discuss concerns regarding Garda failures to prosecute serious juvenile offenders.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC)  has launched an investigation into the temporary loss of a Garda sub-machine gun and ammunition, citing reports of an “apparent lack of security” in the incident.

A fresh Garda controversy is emerging concerning a nationwide problem of juvenile offenders involved in thousands of serious crimes “getting away with it”.

The Policing Authority has said that “getting to the bottom” of the breath test scandal and the homicide controversy has consumed an “inordinate” amount of its time.

Less than half of all gardaí on duty were engaged in patrolling and high-visibility policing last year, an internal garda audit has found.

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.

In a fresh twist in the Garda breath test saga, chief superintendents are challenging moves by acting commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin that they see as unfairly tarnishing them.

The Garda oversight body has come in for unprecedented criticism by the Oireachtas justice committee for the manner in which it treated two civilian analysts who contacted it regarding concerns about Garda homicide figures.

Civilians working in An Garda Síochána say they were maltreated by members of the force when they questioned homicide figures, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

The chair of the independent Policing Authority will today strongly defend its decision not to reach out and speak to two civilian Garda analysts “attacked and belittled” by senior officers over incorrect homicide figures.

The Policing Authority is to examine the dramatic comments on Garda homicide statistics by two Garda civilian experts at Wednesday’s Oireachtas justice committee and consider if “action is needed”.

Man, 30, told gardaí he would harm local schoolchildren and wanted to commit ‘suicide by cop’

The effectiveness of the Policing Authority has been constrained by uncertainty of the respective oversight roles between it and the Minister for Justice, according to the head of the Garda watchdog body.

As Westlife ended, Mark Feehily also split up with his long-term boyfriend. He admits it took time to readjust, but is very much back on track, with a new album, solo gigs and a support slot for Mariah Carey, writes Esther McCarthy.

The head of the Policing Authority has said a new Garda commissioner could be an “outsider” but that the package for the role needs to be improved.

Acting commissioner apologises ‘unreservedly’ for unacceptable behavioural and governance failures

The Government is due to initiate the process to select a Garda commissioner in December — contrary to calls from the Policing Commission that the process should wait until it reports next September.

Frontline gardaí will consider legal options if the Garda Commissioner pursues disciplinary proceedings against members for falsifying breath tests.

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.

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 timeline for the selection of the new Garda commissioner is “up in the air”, the head of the Policing Authority has said.

A Policing Authority report on the breath test scandal is due to say there was a “culture of expectation” in the force to keep 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 Garda oversight chief has said calls to put off the appointment of a new Commissioner until a policing reform body has reported are useful.

The head of the Policing Authority is expected to stonewall any questions around the appointment of a new Garda Commissioner when she appears before an Oireachtas Committee today.

Just who is going to replace the Garda chief and are the force’s organisational problem solved with Nóirín O’Sullivan’s shock departure, asks Cormac O’Keeffe

An Garda Síochána’s credibility has suffered another blow after the CSO decided for a second time not to publish Garda crime statistics.

Gardaí have been accused of attempting to “bury” the reasons for the fake breath tests scandal after it emerged the report into the controversy will now not be published until next month — after the Dáil breaks up for the summer.

Almost 90 homicides over a 14-year period have not been included in CSO crime statistics because of Garda failings in recording them.

The chair of the Policing Authority, Josephine Feehily, has said she is “disappointed and alarmed” with the widespread failures in practices within An Garda Siochana.

The Cabinet is to approve the chair of a new root-and- branch review of the Garda today.

Garda bosses talked up data but not all of it was to hand at the Policing Authority meeting, writes Michael Clifford.

Fine Gael is to seek the help of Fianna Fáil in the coming days to stop Sinn Féin’s campaign to force the resignation of Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan.

Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan has brushed off remarks by the chair of the Policing Authority that there were concerns over her ability to focus on her job while dealing with the whistleblower tribunal.

The chair of the Policing Authority yesterday said it had “a degree of confidence” in the ability of the Garda Commissioner to do her job while dealing with allegations at the forthcoming Charleton inquiry.

The public Tribunal of Inquiry into allegations of a smear campaign against Sgt Maurice McCabe is to hold its first hearing on Monday, it has emerged.

The Garda commissioner has said ethical policing is not a “tick box exercise” and committed the organisation to implementing a code of ethics, published yesterday by the Policing Authority.

The Garda Commissioner yesterday said she has written to the Government calling for the “immediate appointment” of 46 senior officers — saying that the continuing vacancies posed “profound risks” to policing and security services.

Limerick native Josephine Feehily is the chairwoman of the newly established Policing Authority.