Garda boss has three weeks to show action

Acting Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin must show the Policing Authority in three weeks what disciplinary proceedings are being taken against gardaí on the breath test scandal.

The commissioner must also tell the authority at the next public meeting on November 23 what steps he is taking on the “deeply concerning” failure of the majority of his divisional commanders to report to his predecessor on their efforts to address inflated breath tests.

The developments come as an independent report on both the breath test and the fixed charge notice controversies was published.