Gardaí and teachers outside of a new pay deal face pay freezes from today after the Government failed in a last-ditch attempt to get unions to sign up to the new agreement.

The O’Higgins report into complaints by whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe has said any disciplinary proceedings against gardaí implicated “would not be helpful”.

Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe says the establishment of the commission of investigation into matters raised in the Guerin report will give a "voice" to the victims of cases that he highlighted.

A senior member of the GRA says he will not "speculate" on whether Maurice McCabe was right to bring allegations of garda misconduct into the public domain.