Frances Fitzgerald: We did our job over police authority

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has firmly rejected criticisms of the process used by the Government to appoint Revenue boss Josephine Feehily as the chairwoman of the new Policing Authority.

Ms Fitzgerald also said serious concerns of gardaí regarding the operation and usefulness of the informant intelligence system, as detailed in the Garda Inspectorate report, needed to be addressed “immediately”.

She was speaking at the launch of report on victims’ rights, which highlighted many of the same concerns regarding the treatment of victims as documented in the inspectorate’s research.