SBP editorial: Dysfunctional Garda force needs outside leadership

Last week, this newspaper said Nóirín O’Sullivan’s tenure as Garda commissioner was untenable, and that she should resign. Clearly, the same thought had occurred to the commissioner, who announced her departure the same day.

Before we deal with the future of the force, it is worth dwelling upon her statement. O’Sullivan found that the job had become an “unending cycle of requests, questions, instructions and public hearings involving various agencies including the Public ...