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Pressure mounts for action against gardaí in breath-test scandal
Acting Garda Commissioner faces calls for criminal proceedings after watchdog review
Action mooted against senior gardaí who ignored breath-test alert
‘Half of chief superintendents’ did not reply to Garda HQ breathalyser request
Number of fake Garda breath tests higher than previously thought
‘No one at senior management level seemed to say this appears to be too good to be true’
Proof senior officers ordered breath test inflation unlikely - Policing Authority
Hard to believe what happened not known about throughout Garda, says watchdog
Feehily says no evidence senior gardaí ordered inflation of breath tests
Policing Authority chair says Garda not an organisation to ask basic questions of itself
Feehily ‘troubled’ over any long delay in filling Garda top job
Review of Commission on Future of Policing could mean delay until 2020 – Garda sources
Policing Authority not seeking to play ‘gotcha’ with gardaí
Josephine Feehily to appear before Oireachtas committee to discuss policing matters since her appointment 21 months ago
Leading Policing Authority figures ruled out of Commissioner race
Josephine Feehily and former senior PSNI officer Judith Gillespie will not be applying
Nóirín O’Sullivan to miss Policing Authority meeting
Watchdog’s head says it is ‘unfortunate’ the Garda Commissioner will not be at the event
No CSO crime data until Garda homicide review complete
Policing Authority still to get report on homicide figures two months after requesting it
Garda Commissioner initially refused to appear before Policing Authority
Nóirín O’Sullivan only backed down after the authority complained to Minister for Justice
Pay the Garda Commissioner more, says head of Policing Authority
Improved package required to attract candidates, says head of Policing Authority
Call to allow overseas officers take up top Garda posts rejected
Policing Authority chief criticises ‘closed culture’ in force and slow pace of reforms
Tough game of senior hurling at Policing Authority session
Garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan and authority chair Josephine Feehily face off
Fitzgerald to outline independent review of Garda to Cabinet
Policing Authority and ombudsman set to gain powers in plan for wide-ranging review
O’Sullivan says Policing Authority’s concerns never raised with her
‘At no stage’ did it ‘express anything other than confidence’ in capacity to do job, Garda Commissioner says
Tribunal into McCabe case set to sit for first time
Mr Justice Charleton to examine allegation of smear campaign against whistleblower
Garda accused of ‘inflating or carelessness’ in alcohol breath test data
Policing Authority concerned gardaí ‘may feel it appropriate to inflate data’
Issues with crime statistics ‘undermine confidence’ in Garda
Policing Authority members ask if failure to record all crimes is down to poor performance
Lack of resources blamed for diminished Garda service
Head of Policing Authority says reduced staffing levels within the force are a ‘problem’
Appointment of 28 gardaí to senior roles approved
Move comes two weeks after Commissioner warned vacancies putting policing at risk
Policing authority says benefits of garda body cameras ‘mixed’
Josephine Feehily says authority will be guided by Commissioner on use of cameras
Garda authority vows to question top management ‘rigorously’
Josephine Feehily says policing benefits from ‘the maximum transparency possible’
Policing Authority says it will approve future policing plans
Speaking as oversight body starts work Feehily says public confidence is crucial
Cody appointed chairman of Revenue Commissioners
Niall Cody, a brother of the Kilkenny hurling manager Brian Cody, will take up the role at the beginning of February following the retirement of Josephine Feehily
Women holding key positions in legal fields
Appointment of Nóirín O’Sullivan as Garda Commissioner the latest in a series of women selected for senior roles
Selection of Policing Authority chair not ‘opaque’
Minister for Justice insists Government appointment process transparent
Revenue Commissioners chairwoman appointed to head Policing Authority
Irish Council for Civil Liberties ‘surprised and disappointed’ appointment made solely on recommendation of Minister for Justice
Revenue chairman Josephine Feehily to step down
A career public servant, Ms Feehily joined the office of the Revenue Commissioners in 1993
Revenue to ‘go after’ 500,000 who haven’t paid household fee
Feehily says compliance rates with household charge far lower than for property tax
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