Frances Fitzgerald blames Dáil business for garda conference no-show

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald will be a no-show at the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors conference this week after telling the group last Thursday she would not attend.

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has confirmed she will attend, however, and is to give an address tomorrow afternoon just hours before the Dáil debates a Fianna Fáil motion calling on the Government to have the Policing Authority assess her role and capacity, and to place her office under the authority’s supervision.

On Wednesday, Ms O’Sullivan will be at the centre of another Dáil debate when Sinn Féin table a motion calling for her to be removed from office.