It’s ‘difficult’ to change garda priorities without request from commissioner, justice minister says

Helen McEntee has said it was “difficult” to use her powers to direct gardaí on new priorities without a request from the garda commissioner.

The justice minister made the comments before the Oireachtas justice committee on Thursday more than two weeks after a stabbing attack near a school and violent rioting in Dublin city centre in which garda vehicles, a bus and a tram were burned.

Under legislation, the minister has the power to revise ...