No complaints system against senior officers in Donegal

GARDAÍ in Donegal did not have a mechanism to raise concerns about senior officers at the time of the scandals, the head of the largest Garda representative body has said.

Michael O’Boyce, president of the Garda Representative Association (GRA), said it would not have been possible for lower-ranking gardaí to continue to behave badly if they were not protected by senior officers.

He was commenting following the publication of the final two reports of the Morris tribunal on Tuesday.