Authority wants gardaí to find ‘permanent solution’ to scandal

Gardaí have been told to find “a permanent solution” to the scandal of falsified breath tests for alcohol and wrongful convictions so public trust can be restored in the force.

The Policing Authority made the call in a scathing report into the scandal.

Conducted by Crowe Horwath, the independent report found the falsification of Garda breath-test figures was about “feeding the beast” and submitting data, and not about detecting or preventing drink-drivers and educating the road-using public.