Up to Kenny to explain Garda chief’s resignation, says McDowell

Former tánaiste Michael McDowell has said "it is the business" of Taoiseach Enda Kenny to explain to the Dáil the controversial circumstances surrounding the resignation of the Garda Commissioner.

Speaking at the MacGill summer school in Donegal, the former Attorney General also warned that “there will be serious problems” with the planned independent Garda authority.

His comments came as Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said last night that she wants cultural and structural changes in the gardaí.