Interim Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has launched an investigation into the disclosure to the media of personal information about one of the two Roma children removed by gardaí from their families.

The senior garda leading the investigating into the shooting of a suspected burglar has moved to reassure people not to be afraid in their own homes.

A GARDA was bitten on the arm by a drunk teenage girl during an operation targeting the sale of alcohol to children from a private house, a policing committee has heard.