Former Garda commissioners may be put before Public Accounts Committee

Former Garda commissioners including Martin Callinan, Fachtna Murphy and Noel Conroy could be hauled before the cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over the deepening garda college financial scandal.

The PAC confirm the potential move as the controversy continues to threaten both the future of Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald.

In a detailed PAC session yesterday, Department of Justice secretary general Noel Waters revealed Ms O’Sullivan ignored a department request to tell the garda audit committee of the scandal for six months, PAC members said the whistleblower revelations mean officers other than Ms O’Sullivan need to be questioned.