Garda culture shift yet to be witnessed
Despite promises of transparency and support, the culture appears not to have changed in the slightest
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 ...