Policing body stamps its authority

The new Policing Authority has announced its arrival and wasted little time in heaping more pressure on a beleaguered Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan.

With a hard-hitting statement following its meeting with the under-fire commissioner, the authority has set its stall out in a bid to restore confidence in the force. It was scathing in its criticisms of Garda failures.

The authority voiced serious concern at the impact on victims, at the systemic performance and management failures, and dismay at the familiarity of performance failures through various inquiries and reports.