Irish Examiner view: Unfortunate choice of words

At the GRA conference, Commissioner Drew Harris was forced to deny that bullying is a problem in the force. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Earlier this week Garda Commissioner Drew Harris addressed the annual Garda Representative Association (GRA) conference in Mayo and delivered a pointed message intended for criminal groups operating in the jurisdiction.

“My gang is bigger than their gang,” was Harris’s line, one clearly meant to put such groups on notice of the ongoing intonations of gardaí.