Fresh pressure on garda boss to resign

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan is facing fresh calls to resign after a damning Dáil report led to claims she and others tried to “cover up” the garda college financial scandal.

Fresh pressure on garda boss to resign

A series of opposition parties demanded Taoiseach Leo Varadkar “act decisively and soon” after the publication of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee report into the controversy.

The 71-page report was drawn up in response to financial mismanagement concerns at the facility first highlighted in unpublished 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2011 internal garda reports. It was published yesterday after months of meetings with Ms O’Sullivan, garda college officials, the Department of Justice and whistle-blowers.

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