May the force be with us and abide by the law

An Garda Síochána are in meltdown with the ‘retirement’ of Nóirín O’Sullivan. Change seems to be near impossible in a police force compromised by their loyalty to one another. 

There seems to be a meerkat culture in the organisation where it is a one-for-all and all-for-one culture. But as soon as one falls out with the group, they isolate and ostracise. This is what happened to whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe, who was completely justified in bring forward allegations — one which have subsequently proved to have substantial merit with the endemic falsification of breath tests and penalty-point skewing scandals.

The Garda Síochána crush whistle-blowers because they think the force is beyond reproach and can do no wrong. The Garda has not yet learned to police itself. It circles the wagons, but it does no good at all.