Susan O'Keeffe: 'Faux outrage at Garda scandals'
We do not do accountability, and the fake breath test story is the utter and complete proof of this malaise, writes Susan O'Keeffe
Why is it that we are never able to ‘grasp the nettle’ and sort out our big national problems? Here we have the national police force, An Garda Síochána (AGS), which is now officially guilty of lying andfalsifying its own testing capabilities.
Its own officers played fast and loose with the truth and nobody noticed – or cared. Nobody was checking their work, checking their procedures or keeping an eye on the figures. ...
