McDowell proposal ‘sinister’, say gardaí

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell’s new Garda Inspectorate is “sinister and dangerous” and akin to his own “secret police force”, gardaí said yesterday.

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) said the minister’s claim that the proposed inspectorate represented best practice was “a load of bunk”.

Mr McDowell said the inspectorate would investigate organisational and management issues within the force and would be answerable to the Minister for Justice.