Report into Garda breath test scandal delayed

Gardaí have been accused of attempting to “bury” the reasons for the fake breath tests scandal after it emerged the report into the controversy will now not be published until next month — after the Dáil breaks up for the summer.

Members of the cross-party Dáil Public Accounts Committee made the claim after being told Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan will not provide the report as planned when she appears before the committee next week.

In response to revelations earlier this year that almost one million fake breath tests were recorded on the Garda Pulse system, Ms O’Sullivan was to make public a final report into what happened, how, and who was responsible.