Great Garda soundbites but commission indicates culture of secrecy still exists

While progress was seen to be made in some areas of policing at Monday’s meeting of the Garda Authority, the O’Higgins commission’s efforts to access Garda documents exposed the old culture of secrecy, writes Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

On Monday, the O’Higgins report was delivered to the Department of Justice. The report is from the commission of investigation into malpractice in the gardaí, as a result of allegations from Sergeant Maurice McCabe.

On the same day, the Garda Authority and the commissioner met in public for the first time, with the former questioning the latter about operation of the force.