No moves to enact law to abolish Policing Authority

The Policing Authority could avoid being disbanded given the imminent general election.

The agency was set up four years ago to provide greater oversight of the work of Garda management following a series of scandals.

It was also given the power to appoint senior gardaí, instead of the cabinet making such decisions.

The government had lined it up for abolition based on the recommendation of the Commission on the Future of Policing last ...