Profile: Driving force

Nóirín O’Sullivan

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Age:53

Appearance: sharp and determined, usually uniform-clad

Newsworthiness: appointed head of An Garda Síochána last week, the first woman to hold the post

Soon after being appointed interim Garda Commissioner in March, Nóirín O’Sullivan summoned all Garda superintendents and chief superintendents to the Garda Training College in Templemore. After months of the force being subject to criticism over its reaction to the penalty points controversy, and how it had failed to adequately ...