Mick Wallace: Garda boss will be gone in weeks

The Government last night announced a judge-led inquiry into allegations by two senior that Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan knew of a campaign by senior officers to “destroy” a whistleblower.

Former High Court judge Iarfhlaith O’Neill has been appointed by Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald to review allegations of wrongdoing contained in two “protected disclosures” which landed on her desk on Monday.

He has been given six weeks to produce a report to her and recommend a course of action.