Nobody censured over fake breath test scandal
Senior management attempted to blame poor training, confusion, cutbacks and a lack of supervision on the test fiasco — but the excuses were deemed as not credible by members of the Oireachtas justice committee. The separate scandal of motorists wrongly penalised for driving offences has also resulted in almost €1m being paid back to drivers.
And despite gardaí claiming yesterday there was no evidence of career advancement in the force over falsely inflating breath test numbers, Labour’s Brendan Howlin declared responsibility must be taken. The lack of accountability within the gardaí was “extremely disappointing”, he said, adding: “The whole series of events which we have seen week in and week out is extremely disappointing and demoralising for thousands of men and women who wear the uniform with pride.”
