The Fennelly Commission was set up in the midst of a string of controversies to dog Enda Kenny, the justice minister, and the gardaí and so we have to look at the political context of everything that’s flowed from it, writes Michael Clifford

Allegations of wrongdoing, malpractice and corruption in the Gardaí have claimed a third major scalp with Alan Shatter’s dramatic departure.

Martin Callinan began work at the Commissioner’s desk in a hurry to manage one of the most complicated security operations ever undertaken in Ireland.