'Disappointed' Drew Harris claims no confidence vote 'was personally directed at me'

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said the vote feels like a “huge kick in the teeth”. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said a vote of no confidence in him by more than 9,000 members of the Garda Representative Association feels like a “huge kick in the teeth”.

Mr Harris was speaking to reporters on his way into the Association of Garda Superintendents annual conference at Killashee Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare, on Wednesday.