The chair of the Policing Authority, Josephine Feehily, has said that the authority is very concerned about the issue of domestic violence and the fact that there had been two domestic homicides in the first week of this year justified that concern.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has strongly rejected assertions that proposals to transfer powers from the Policing Authority to An Garda Síochána represent a “watering down” of oversight.

The Policing Authority has questioned how a proposed internal Garda Board will protect the interests of the public when its duty will be to “put the interests of the organisation first”.

An Garda Síochána’s flagship plan to modernise the organisation will not deliver the goods unless management addresses the “fundamental flaws” preventing its implementation, the Policing Authority has said.

Crime detection rates have fallen for the second year in a row, according to two new reports issued by the Policing Authority today.

The Garda oversight body has come in for unprecedented criticism by the Oireachtas justice committee for the manner in which it treated two civilian analysts who contacted it regarding concerns about Garda homicide figures.

The Policing Authority is to discuss this week whether to dismiss a member of An Garda Síochána.

The Policing Authority has told the boss of the Department of Justice that she needs to be “proactive” and “visible” in backing cultural change among garda management.

The independent Policing Authority has been accused of “ratting out” two civilian Garda analysts to senior management in the force after they sought its help over false homicide figures.

The Policing Authority is to examine the dramatic comments on Garda homicide statistics by two Garda civilian experts at Wednesday’s Oireachtas justice committee and consider if “action is needed”.

Latest: Some homicides were registered as non-crimes on an outdated and inadequate Garda computer database, the force has said.

The Policing Authority has told An Garda Síochána to carry out “further work” on its homicide data after the force claimed that issues had been fixed.

As part of an ongoing review the Policing Authority has expressed frustration at the pace at which the Gardai have responded to concerns around the misclassification of data (crime figures) and has called on the service to provide a full process and timeframe for the review of all homicides cases from 2003-2017.

The effectiveness of the Policing Authority has been constrained by uncertainty of the respective oversight roles between it and the Minister for Justice, according to the head of the Garda watchdog body.

The Policing Authority is legally prevented from finding out if a senior officer it is considering for promotion is implicated in a whistleblower investigation being conducted by Gsoc, writes Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe   

The head of the Policing Authority has said a new Garda commissioner could be an “outsider” but that the package for the role needs to be improved.

Increased powers for the Independent Policing Authority to allow it remove and discipline officers of any rank are to be debated in the Dáil this week.

It is likely the true scale of gardaí recording bogus breath tests will never be known, the force's top oversight body has warned.

Garda management will come under renewed pressure today, with a Policing Authority report expected to highlight a culture in the organisation to keep breath test figures high.

A Policing Authority report on the breath test scandal is due to say there was a “culture of expectation” in the force to keep figures high.

The Policing Authority has criticised the failure of Garda management to implement a number of reforms.

Gardaí are to get special training on how to report wrongdoing and on areas such as respect and equality in order to “maintain the trust of the public”.

The Policing Authority said it has expressed its concern on “numerous occasions” at the continuing failure of An Garda Síochána to supply the authority with its review of homicide figures.

The gardaí’s preparedness for Brexit, cross-border crime, and national security are among the pressing issues the Policing Authority and An Garda Síochána are seeking views on.

Sinn Fein's Justice spokesperson says criticism of An Garda Síochána by the Policing Authority must be taken seriously.

The Policing Authority has heaped fresh criticism on the Garda commissioner and her management team after it said corrective action to address the financial issues at the Garda College “ought to have commenced much earlier”.

The Gardaí's handling of financial irregularities at the training college in Templemore has been strongly criticised today.

Garda bosses are to be questioned by the Policing Authority about the failed Jobstown prosecution and the review set up by commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan.

The Policing Authority has drawn up a panel of 15 senior officers for promotion to the rank of chief superintendent after the biggest ever independent selection process for An Garda Síochána.

The “tone, content, and accuracy” of material provided by gardaí on homicide data has been criticised by the Policing Authority.

Garda bosses talked up data but not all of it was to hand at the Policing Authority meeting, writes Michael Clifford.

More than 30 people have applied for the rank of assistant garda commissioner in the first position to be filled by the Policing Authority since it got the power at the beginning of the year.

The Garda commissioner has said ethical policing is not a “tick box exercise” and committed the organisation to implementing a code of ethics, published yesterday by the Policing Authority.

The Taoiseach says the Policing Authority will appoint senior positions in the Gardai from the end of the year.

The head of the Policing Authority has said she is hopeful a new Garda code of ethics can ensure whistleblowers are treated better.

Latest: Concluding the meeting today Chairperson Josephine Feehily said it was a “work in progress”.

The Policing Authority has expressed 'deep unease at the organisation and management culture' in the Garda Síochána.

Lack of resources, poor morale, equipment problems and, in some cases, dire accommodation are issues gardaí have pressed home to the new police oversight boss.

Soft power. They were words Josephine Feehily used a number of times yesterday, writes Cormac O’Keefe

Ireland's new Policing Authority is officially in operation from today.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said the board members of the new Policing Authority were of the “highest calibre”, after claims they were political appointees.

Policing Authority chief Josephine Feehily has pledged to exercise the independence of the agency to the “fullest extent” permitted under its legislation.

The words from Josephine Feehily — and the way she said them — came across as a clear signal of intent.