Rank-and-file gardaí ‘should demand reform of force’

THOUSANDS of rank-and-file gardaí should rise up and demand sweeping reform of the force, following a spate of corruption and disciplinary scandals, Labour leader Pat Rabbitte yesterday urged.

Branding Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy as out-of-touch with the scale of public disquiet, Mr Rabbitte insisted a wide-ranging garda overhaul was the only way forward.

Attacking the Garda Representative Association for living in “denial”, he appealed directly to officers to accept change was coming and embrace it.