Garda chief ‘should not step aside’, says chair of Policing Authority

The chair of the Policing Authority yesterday said it had “a degree of confidence” in the ability of the Garda Commissioner to do her job while dealing with allegations at the forthcoming Charleton inquiry.

However, Josephine Feehily repeated the authority’s position that Nóirín O’Sullivan should not be pressed to step aside pending the tribunal because of the right to “fair procedure” and in order to put her side of the story to it.

The comments from Ms Feehily come the day after a testing public meeting between the authority and the commissioner and her team.