AGSI conference: ‘Huge success’ in fight against organised crime following Regency Hotel attack

Gardaí have been “very successful” in tackling organised crime following the gangland murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel, the head of the new Policing Authority has said.

Josephine Feehily also said she was eager to push the importance of visible policing in rural and urban communities when the authority conducts its first public meeting with garda commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan later this month.

Speaking at the annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, Ms Feehily said that these public meetings, which are broadcast, would bring a “rigour and persistence” to the accountability of the gardaí that had not been there before.