Make-up of panel to select Garda chief being kept under wraps

The composition of a powerful interview panel tasked with selecting the next garda commissioner is being kept largely under wraps.

The State body tasked with the recruitment process has declined to provide any details of who is sitting on the board or what department or agency they come from.

In a series of replies to the Irish Examiner, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) said it could not provide any information on the matter in order to protect the “independence and integrity” of the process.