Garda chief claims she is not aware of smears against whistleblowers

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan said she has no knowledge of a so-called smear campaign against a whistleblower in her force.

Last October, former High Court judge Iarfhlaith O’Neill was appointed by the Government to examine the latest allegations made by Garda whistleblowers.

The smear campaign allegations were made by the former head of the Garda press office, Superintendent Dave Taylor, who is currently suspended from the force.