Garda top brass ‘are toxic shambles’, says Mary-Lou McDonald

The senior management of An Garda Síochána has been described as a “toxic shambles” in the Dáil.

Calls were made on Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald to face TDs to answer questions on a growing list of controversies around the Garda training college in Templemore.

Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary-Lou McDonald told the Dáil yesterday that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) “witnessed the toxic shambles that is senior Garda management” when it called in senior civilian staff to answer questions.