Reaction to Commissioner's retirement: No accountability for establishment figures, Solidarity

Solidarity The Left Alternative this evening said that the manner in which the Garda Commissioner has been allowed to retire despite the numerous scandals engulfing the Gardai demonstrated there is no accountability for establishment figures.

They said that simply replacing Ms O'Sullivan with another commissioner will not solve the crisis in the Gardai, and said that the police force should be accountable to the communities which they serve and be subject to democratic controls from these communities.