Callinan timeline: From initial success to ignominious end

Martin Callinan began work at the Commissioner’s desk in a hurry to manage one of the most complicated security operations ever undertaken in Ireland.

This was an unrivalled success, containing protests from discontented and disconnected groups while the eyes of the world were on Ireland.

But that management success proved to be in marked contrast to Callinan’s botched handling of disquiet within his own ranks and the political pressure on him to account for his organisation.