Morris Report - Fundamental changes to force needed

The silence from Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy after the unprecedented condemnation of the force contained in the three most recent Morris Tribunal reports is simply astounding, if not unsettling.

It is completely unacceptable that the most senior garda in the country, charged with responsibility for that force, should remain publicly aloof from the tribunal findings.

Its reports produced proof that corruption spread wider than Donegal, even though the original remit related to specific misbehaviour by a number of individuals there. What Mr Justice Frederick Morris found was that the gardaí had been “plagued” by mass insubordination and even discipline had been eroded.