Gardaí badly need someone to come in from the outside

An Garda Síochána has blown its chance to change from within, writes Michael Brennan

Drink drivers be warned - the likelihood is there will be a large number of breath test checkpoints in the week ahead.

Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan’s position is under threat,and she is under immense pressure to ‘do something’ about the fact that almost one million of the two million breath tests reported by Gardai actually never happened.

So Gardai are likely to be commanded to get out on the streets and do as ...