Five candidates in running for top Garda role

Five candidates are in the running for the Garda commissioner job, the Irish Examiner understands.

Five candidates in running for top Garda role
Fri, 01 Jun, 2018 - 01:00
Cormac O’Keeffe

They include two internal candidates – Deputy Commissioner John Twomey and Assistant Commissioner Pat Leahy – and, it is thought, three external candidates.

One of the external candidates is believed to be PSNI deputy chief constable Drew Harris.

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