Revenue boss to join police chief search

Revenue boss Josephine Feehily has been nominated by the Government as the chair of the independent Policing Authority.

The 58-year-old will have a key role in the final rounds of the recruitment process of the Garda Commissioner, set to be made early next month.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties expressed its “surprise and regret” that the Government had chosen to “short circuit” best practice on public appointments by directly nominating the senior public servant.