BT Young Scientist: Polling public on Garda controversies

The Garda whistleblower controversies have turned up in the most unexpected place — the BT Young Scientist Exhibition.

Lily Fitzgerald, a first-year student in Kinsale Community School in Cork, undertook a major survey to detect the public’s reaction to the controversies and was rewarded with a place in the RDS exhibition.

Her results revealed that around six in 10 people experienced a drop in trust for the force as a result of the publicity around the controversies.