Four senior gardaí shortlisted for deputy commissioner job as pension dispute continues

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has been sitting on the interview panel.

Four senior gardaí have been shortlisted for the Deputy Garda Commissioner position, the Irish Examiner understands.

But there are indications that some or all of the three career-gardaí shortlisted — the fourth is a former PSNI officer who joined two years ago — may reconsider the matter after a drawn-out row over a pension tax burden if they got the job appears not to have been resolved.