PAC files show rifts among top Garda civil servants

Fresh Garda documents sent to the Public Accounts Committee reveal deep divisions among senior civil servants within An Garda Síochána.

The revelations expose further fractures at Garda HQ and follow revelations of serious differences between senior civil servants — including HR boss John Barrett, internal auditor Niall Kelly and top statistician Gurchand Singh — and Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan.

However, the latest Garda documents sent to the PAC highlight even more severe divisions — which are expressed vehemently in some files — between civil servants, namely Mr Kelly and finance director Michael Culhane.