Fianna Fáil: Filling Garda vacancies is an urgent priority

Fianna Fáil says it is “inexcusable” that top-level Garda positions are left vacant, and urged the Justice Minister and the Policing Authority to fill them promptly.

The party’s justice spokesman, Jim O’Callaghan, said the practice of leaving critical positions vacant “needs to end”.

He was speaking following the retirement yesterday of the head of the Garda’s Security and Intelligence section, Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Kirwan.