Regarding the ‘so-called’ Garda whistleblower saga, and putting politics aside, it was with astonishment that I watched Garda Assistant Commissioner John O’Mahoney, the officer who was tasked by Commissioner Martin Callinan to investigate the complaint made to the confidential recipient in April 2012, say to the Public Account’s Committee on January 23 that he did not feel that it was necessary to interview either of the members, because the complaint was ‘anonymous’.

The Government was accused of trying to “clip the wings” of the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) after it announced an independent inquiry into claims of penalty points abuse in the Garda Siochána.

Speed cameras are to target hundreds more accident blackspots as part of a country-wide road safety overhaul.

Drivers now face penalty points for almost 50 different motoring offences due to a new crackdown on road safety.

One of the county’s most respected crime-fighters has been appointed Garda Assistant Commissioner in the Southern Region.

More than 100 children remain on Ireland’s missing persons list, it has been revealed.

WORK on reinventing one of the country’s most notoriously disadvantaged areas may grind to a halt over spending cuts.

NEARLY €1 million was paid out last year by the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime, its annual report showed yesterday.

More than €1m of public money is to be spent on victim support groups this year, the Government announced today.

Gardaí hunting for the killer of schoolboy Robert Holohan have a list of 30 suspects, it emerged tonight.

DISGRACED former Garda Superintendent Kevin Lennon told a tribunal into garda corruption yesterday he had stopped the exhumation of the body of cattle dealer Richie Barron at the request of his superior.

BUGS in the penalty points computer system resulted in thousands of motoring offences cases being dropped as the time limit for prosecutions to be taken had expired.

A GARDA row which threatened to delay the introduction of the penalty points system has been resolved following a last-minute intervention.