Garda Commissioner at Justice Committee: 8 key points

Nóirín O'Sullivan rejects claims that she has promoted her supporters

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan arriving for a meeting of the Oireachtas Justice and Equality Committee. Pic: RollingNews.ie

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan was before the Oireachtas Justice and Equality Committee this morning. Her appearance came days afterJustice Minister Frances Fitzgerald appointed a judge to investigate allegations that there was a campaign to discredit a Garda whistleblower.

Here are the key points from her evidence:

1 She rejected any claims that she had any personal involvement in any efforts to discredit or punish Garda whistleblowers. “I’m personally not privy to, did not ...