Garda culture shift yet to be witnessed

Despite promises of transparency and support, the culture appears not to have changed in the slightest

Nóirín OSullivan: the Garda Commissioner has been under ferocious pressure in the wake of the publication of the OHiggins report Picture: RollingNews.ie

On May 8, 2014, the eve of the publication of the Guerin report, newly appointed Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald promised a new era of transparency and reform in An Garda Síochána. Alan Shatter, in the firing line over his handling of whistleblowers, had walked the political plank a day earlier. As if to mark a new era of accountability and change, Fitzgerald heaped praise on Sergeant Maurice McCabe for highlighting a litany ...