15 senior gardaí on panel to be chief superintendent

The Policing Authority has drawn up a panel of 15 senior officers for promotion to the rank of chief superintendent after the biggest ever independent selection process for An Garda Síochána.

The authority will now appoint the officers as vacancies arise and once final checks are made for any investigations involving them.

Of the 79 officers who applied, two were PSNI officers. Eight (10%) were female, but women comprised 20% of the final panelists.