New Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan: Public trust has to be won and won again

The interim Garda commissioner has laid out how she intends to transform the mentality in the force admitting public trust in gardaí has to be “won and won again”.

Confirming she wants the post permanently, Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan said the force is “undoubtedly facing many further difficult days”.

However, she insisted that, under her leadership, every member of the Garda, as well as people outside the force, will be listened to and will be engaged with “in a very different way”, and that the force will be more accepting of internal dissent.