'Work underway' on Government proposals for new security watchdog

The establishment of an independent examiner was recommended in the Future of Policing in Ireland, published in 2018. Picture: Kathleen O'Toole, Chair of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The Government is considering modelling the establishment of a new security oversight chief on a powerful watchdog in Britain.

The move has been welcomed by a former member of the Policing Commission, which called for such an independent oversight office in its landmark report, published two years ago.