What have 11 Garda probes in 3 years achieved?

Have they changed anything?

The establishment of Gsoc, and reforming legislation was meant to resolve issues Pic: RollingNews.ie

The O’Higgins Commission of Investigation into alleged Garda malpractice was given to Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald last week. The 360-page report, by former High Court judge Kevin O’Higgins, is just one of 11 separate official reviews established since 2013 to examine the Garda Síochána.

Yes, you read that right. Eleven.

The publication of the Morris and Smithwick Tribunals of Inquiry in 2008 and 2013 did not, after all, herald a completely new ...