Simon Coveney insists Government serious about Garda reform

The Tánaiste has insisted the Government is serious about Garda reform as he rejected claims of inaction on the misrecorded homicides controversy.

Simon Coveney said he was "extremely concerned" about the explosive allegations levelled this week by two Garda analysts who claimed they were belittled and ignored by senior officers when they tried to highlight significant errors in the force's data recording systems.