In the end, Noirin O’Sullivan was incapable of escaping the culture that moulded her, writes Michael Clifford.

A former high-flying bank executive who exposed alleged law-breaking in the industry a year before the crash is relying on friends for food, he has told a parliamentary watchdog.

An initiative by interim Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan to accommodate newly promoted superintendents by moving them back to districts close to where they served as inspectors has been welcomed.

The Garda Ombudsman is expected to raise concerns with Noirín O’Sullivan, the interim Garda commissioner regarding the handling by officers of a fatal car crash.

The largest garda representative association has told the Government it should appoint Noirín O’Sullivan as Garda commissioner.