Letters to the Editor: Time to change the Garda leadership

Drew Harris: The Garda commissioner is facing a vote of no confidence in his leadership of the force.

Reading newspaper articles, listening to discussions on the radio, or even looking at app messages, the minister for justice and the Taoiseach are in denial, or sticking their heads in the sand, when it comes to issues concerning the trials and tribulations within the Garda force.

The recent no-confidence motion, to be put to frontline Garda members, the issue of rosters, nepotism, Garda recruitment and retention, a failed policing model — to name but a few — have all the hallmarks of a Government and senior Garda management utterly failing in their duties and responsibilities, not just to frontline gardaí, but to the nation as a whole.