Minister: confidence eroding in gardaí

A minister has admitted “confidence is eroding” in the gardaí following the latest revelations that a further 500,000 breath tests were false.

Skills Minister John Halligan made the comment as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar avoided answering questions on the future of Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan at two events yesterday.

On Wednesday, gardaí published two internal reports into the fake breath tests controversy after the documents were signed off by Cabinet.