The new Garda Commissioner's wish list and two issues that will distract him from it

Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe takes a quick look at what awaits the new commissioner Justin Kelly

(Left to right) Deputy Commissioner Justin Kelly, Taoiseach Micheal Martin, and Commissioner Drew Harris outside Government Buildings after the Deputy Commissioner Justin Kelly was appointed as the next Garda Commissioner to start on September 1. Photo: Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie

When he sits down in his Garda Commissioner chair on September 1, Justin Kelly will leaf through his ‘wish list’ with one hand and, with the other hand, keep spinning plates left for him by Drew Harris.

At 53, he is relatively young as a commissioner and will need that energy to do both what he wants to do and what he has to do.