‘Frustration’ at Garda report delays

The Policing Authority has heaped fresh criticism on the Garda commissioner and her management team after it said corrective action to address the financial issues at the Garda College “ought to have commenced much earlier”.

The authority said that Garda governance failures were “very serious” and the report of the Public Accounts Committee into the matter and the Garda internal audits on Templemore had raised matters of “significant concern”.

The comments are among a list of criticisms issued by the authority after a private meeting with senior Garda management which did not include commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan, who is on holiday.