Letters to the Editor: Award Scott medals as soon as possible

System for awarding medals is 'deeply flawed'

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and members of the families during the medal ceremony. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

The recent Scott medal awarded to members of An Garda Síochána who risked life and limb in the course of their duties, and in the preservation of life, has once again shown that the system for awarding these medals is deeply flawed.

I’m specifically focusing on posthumous awards; those awards to members who were murdered several decades ago when the Irish State was in its infancy.