Policing body ignored as Taoiseach to press ahead with appointment of new Garda chief
The government is ignoring a warning from the body examining the future of policing in Ireland and pressing ahead with plans to appoint a new Garda Commissioner.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the government would not be waiting for the Commission on the Future of Policing’s final report before recruiting a replacement for Nóirín O’Sullivan, who retired last September. This is despite the commission, chaired by Seattle police chief Kathleen O’Toole, writing to the ...