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# garda-commissioner - Friday 13 March, 2020
Coronavirus measures: Retiring gardaí asked to stay on and 325 Garda students to be sworn in
The announcement means that Garda annual leave has been limited and that Garda training has been deferred.
# garda-commissioner - Wednesday 26 February, 2020
# garda-commissioner - Saturday 11 January, 2020
Garda Commissioner cites lack of resources as he delays 136 transfers to roads policing
The Road Safety Authority says it is “anxious” to see the full complement of resources being deployed to roads policing duties.
# garda-commissioner - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
QIH directors meet Garda Commissioner for investigation update
In September, QIH director Kevin Lunney was taken from near his home and assaulted.
# garda-commissioner - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
Six months pay to be offered to senior gardaí to encourage early retirement
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris will seek 30 senior Garda officers to avail of the severance package.
# garda-commissioner - Monday 16 December, 2019
Garda Commissioner says he's 'anxious' for cross-border cooperation post-Brexit
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris was speaking on RTÉ One’s Crimecall this evening.
# garda-commissioner - Monday 2 December, 2019
Family of man shot dead in Dundalk in 1976 to meet with Garda Commissioner this morning
His family have long maintained Ludlow was an innocent victim of a loyalist death squad.
# garda-commissioner - Wednesday 30 October, 2019
Garda Commissioner says threatening posters against Quinn directors will be removed from lampposts
The Taoiseach said the State won’t be found wanting in ensuring that law and order prevails.
# garda-commissioner - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
Less than half of Irish public think An Garda Síochána is well-managed
A new garda survey found a high level of trust in gardaí with 75% of people saying officers in their area can be relied on to be there when needed.
# garda-commissioner - Friday 7 June, 2019
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris awarded for PSNI role in latest round of Queen's honours
Harris’ award was announced in a statement by the Policing Authority this evening.
# garda-commissioner - Wednesday 29 May, 2019
France requests deployment of two gardaí to assist with Irish tourists during D-Day events
Garda assistance has been requested by France for the months of July and August.
# garda-commissioner - Tuesday 14 May, 2019
Family members of victims to be consulted on how Ireland can introduce domestic homicide reviews
Pressure has been mounting to introduce the reviews after the murder of Clodagh Hawe and her three children.
# garda-commissioner - Saturday 11 May, 2019
Garda Commissioner examining case of alleged Garda discrimination against Travellers
The minister said it is incumbent on all members of the gardaí to abide by the code of conduct as they go about their work.
# garda-commissioner - Thursday 9 May, 2019
Commissioner says €22m for 'parading time' is drain on garda overtime budget
The Garda Commissioner is appearing before the Oireachtas Public Accounts committee for the first time today.
# garda-commissioner - Monday 8 April, 2019
Explainer: Why has a minor accident involving the Garda Commissioner attracted controversy?
Details of the accident at Garda headquarters emerged over the weekend.
# garda-commissioner - Sunday 7 April, 2019
Call for clarity after PSNI vehicle carrying Drew Harris hits barrier at Garda HQ
The Garda Commissioner was travelling back from Northern Ireland on official business when the incident happened.
# garda-commissioner - Thursday 28 February, 2019
Over half of youths not punished for serious crimes due to garda scheme failings went on to reoffend
In more than 2,000 cases an adult who was also involved in the crime was cautioned or prosecuted for the offence.
# garda-commissioner - Thursday 24 January, 2019
Commissioner says there's no plan to move 600 gardaí to border - but what WILL happen?
There is concern as the March deadline approaches that hundreds of gardaí will be transferred last-minute in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
# garda-commissioner - Wednesday 24 October, 2018
Garda Commissioner: 'I'm not apologising for cutting overtime'
Drew Harris said he has a responsibility to show good management of public money.
# garda-commissioner - Thursday 11 October, 2018
'No credible evidence' O'Sullivan 'played any part' in campaign against McCabe
Judge Peter Charleton said Superintendent David Taylor had “every reason to lie” about the former Garda Commissioner because he was “bitter” about several things.
# garda-commissioner - Monday 3 September, 2018
Tribunal fallout, resources, rock-bottom morale - The challenges facing the new Garda Commissioner
He comes from a policing background, but there are some very specific hurdles for him to tackle in his new organisation.
'It's now my team': Drew Harris sworn in as garda commissioner
They’re not looking for much – just better uniforms, body cameras tasers and occupational supports.
# garda-commissioner - Wednesday 22 August, 2018
High Court dismisses case to prevent Drew Harris becoming next Garda Commissioner
Belfast based researcher Ciaran MacAirt had asked the High Court to judicially review the Irish Government’s decision to appoint Harris.
# garda-commissioner - Tuesday 21 August, 2018
Legal challenge to prevent Drew Harris becoming Garda Commissioner gets under way
Harris ‘lacks the independence’ to fulfill the State’s top policing role, it’s being claimed.
# garda-commissioner - Friday 17 August, 2018
High Court challenge launched to prevent Drew Harris becoming next Garda Commissioner
The action has been brought by Ciaran MacAirt whose grandmother was killed when a loyalist bomb exploded at McGurk’s Bar in Belfast in 1971.
# garda-commissioner - Wednesday 25 July, 2018
Donegal County Council passes motion saying Drew Harris should not be hired
The councillor who brought forward the motion said it will now be forwarded to every council in Ireland.
# garda-commissioner - Tuesday 26 June, 2018
PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Drew Harris named as new Garda Commissioner
Nóirín O’Sullivan stepped down from her role in September 2017.
# garda-commissioner - Thursday 8 February, 2018
Tribunal to consider if any evidence of 'dark truth' that commissioner was 'going after' McCabe
Mr Justice Peter Charleton outlined 11 questions he will consider when preparing his latest report.
# garda-commissioner - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
Law to be changed to allow over 55s apply for job of new Garda Commissioner
Former commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan retired from the position last September.
# garda-commissioner - Tuesday 16 January, 2018
'You really need to think about this' - what Garda legal head says he should've said to Nóirín O'Sullivan
On 11 May 2015, garda policy was to defend whistleblowers. By 15 May, it was impugning Maurice McCabe at the O’Higgins Commission.
# garda-commissioner - Tuesday 12 December, 2017
The new Garda Commissioner does not need policing experience and their pay could top €200k
A bump of the current €180,000 salary is expected to attract a top candidate.
# garda-commissioner - Thursday 23 November, 2017
Commissioner confirms no gardaí will be disciplined over breath test scandal
O Cualáin said reviewing all 505,730 calls made by gardaí to log breath test data would take a number of years.
# garda-commissioner - Sunday 24 September, 2017
Over 290 gardaí injured while on duty so far this year
That’s according to new figures shared by the Minister for Justice and Equality.
# garda-commissioner - Wednesday 13 September, 2017
Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin won't apply for the job
Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan announced she was retiring on Sunday.
# garda-commissioner - Tuesday 12 September, 2017
New Garda Commissioner could come from abroad and be paid more
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said that he accepted the role is challenging, but denied it is a “poisoned chalice”.
# garda-commissioner - Monday 11 September, 2017
Should the new garda commissioner be recruited from outside Ireland? Nearly half of people think so
A poll carried out for Claire Byrne Live said that 48% of us think the next Commissioner should come from outside the State.
Minister says Nóirín O'Sullivan's pension will reflect her 'experience, expertise and rank'
The Policing Authority has thanked O’Sullivan for 36 years of service to the force.
'An unending cycle': These were the scandals the Garda Commissioner faced questions over
Over the past year members of the PAC and opposition parties have called for Nóirín O’Sullivan to step down.
# garda-commissioner - Sunday 10 September, 2017
Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan has announced she is retiring
She is retiring after 36 years in the gardaí.
# garda-commissioner - Wednesday 19 July, 2017
'The optics are bad': Criticism levelled at Garda Commissioner for taking five-week holiday
Labour and Sinn Féin described the timing of the break as ‘strange’.
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Poll: Would you go to a socially-distanced concert?
CONCERTS AND MANY other events have, of course, been cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Images of a socially-distanced concert in England were widely shared during the week.
Fans at the Sam Fender concert at the Virgin Money Unity Arena, a pop-up venue in Gosforth Park, Newcastle, watched the outdoor concert in groups of up to five people from 500 separate raised metal platforms.
Promoters described the event as the world’s first socially-distanced gig. Some people thought the layout looked great, while others were not so sure.
We want to know: Would you go to a socially-distanced concert?
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Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'The rhetoric of “all being in it together” is dead'
By Dr Anthony O'Connor - @Antcon7062
Open Letter from Ireland's psychologists: 'Direct Provision is causing untold psychological harm'
By Psychologists for Social Change Ireland
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
What we can learn from the world's 'Blue Zones' - where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s
By Professor Ciaran O’Boyle
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Drew Harris says he has 'no regrets' over his comments about IRA Army Council and Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said the ‘war is over, the IRA is off the stage’.
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