Blanket criticism of gardaí ‘wrong’

Criticism that paints every garda as bad “is just wrong and must be rejected”, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

She said there is a need to recognise the good work of gardaí, highlighted recently in cases such as the Graham Dwyer murder investigation.

The minister was speaking at the annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors in Trim, Co Meath.