No culture of spiking points, says Garda boss

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has said there was no culture of spiking penalty points within the force.

He said it was “very unfair” to assert wrongdoing over the termination of penalty points until the full facts were established.

The police chief moved to make his first public statement on the matter following statements under Dáil privilege and in the media identifying high-profile individuals who got penalty points erased at the discretion of senior local officers.