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# Penalty Points

Shatter: Prime Time remarks were "a mistake"

Alan Shatter says that he may appeal the Data Protection Commissioner’s findings.

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May 6th 2014, 6:38 PM

# Penalty Points

'Shatter feels that he is above the law and should resign' - Wallace

Mick Wallace was named by Alan Shatter as having been cautioned by gardaí for using his phone while driving – an act that has been ruled as having broke the law.

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May 6th 2014, 6:05 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should double penalty points be applied during bank holiday weekends?

A similar rule already applies in Australia.

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May 2nd 2014, 9:39 AM

# put it away

Gardaí to begin nationwide crackdown on drivers using mobile phones

The national mobile phone operation will take place over the next two days, beginning tomorrow.

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Apr 23rd 2014, 10:35 AM

# Prime Numbers

Monorail, al-Qaeda, and Easter eggs: The week in numbers

Plus: How many Easter eggs are people planning to give tomorrow?

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Apr 19th 2014, 7:30 PM

# GoSafe

Speed cameras record more than 7,000 hours of driving each month

There are 727 “speed enforcement zones” throughout the country.

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Apr 16th 2014, 11:38 AM

Voices

Column: Why has it taken so long for the DPC to investigate Shatter's Prime Time comment?

It was almost a year ago that a complaint was made about the Minister for Justice telling Prime Time about Mick Wallace being cautioned by a garda over using his mobile phone while driving, writes William Campbell.

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Apr 5th 2014, 5:30 PM

# credibility

Majority of Irish people don't trust ministers, TDs and business leaders

A third of people don’t trust gardaí but they still came out of the poll better than most other groups.

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Apr 5th 2014, 11:34 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you have confidence in An Garda Síochána?

Three quarters of the Irish public think its reputation has been damaged by recent controversies – do you have confidence in the force?

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Apr 5th 2014, 9:55 AM

# Gardagate

Garda whistleblower: Alan Shatter's behaviour has been deplorable

In an interview on The Late Late Show, John Wilson questioned why fellow whistleblower Maurice McCabe’s access to the PULSE system is now being reviewed.

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Apr 5th 2014, 7:40 AM

# fixed charges

'Motorists were wrongly fined' --- speed camera whistleblower

Alan Shatter says he’s pursuing claims detailed tonight on Prime Time with the new Garda Commissioner

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Apr 1st 2014, 11:44 PM

Voices

Column: Pride, arrogance and the impotence of political leadership in GardaGate

This is the arrogant nature of permanent government. It gets too used to running the show and always being right, writes Aaron McKenna.

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Mar 29th 2014, 8:00 AM

# Penalty Points

GSOC unsure if it can investigate claims a judge put pressure on whistleblower

GSOC said it is examining whether they can investigate the accusations under their remit.

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Mar 28th 2014, 5:24 PM

# Gardagate

GardaGate: Here’s everything we learned today, what it means and the questions that remain

Here are the dozen things you need to know about the extraordinary events of the past few hours…

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Mar 26th 2014, 11:15 PM

# Long Time Coming

Here's what whistleblower John Wilson thinks of Alan Shatter's apology

He says he’s glad the Minister corrected the record of the Dáil — and he’s calling for his former colleague Maurice McCabe to be allowed access to PULSE again.

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Mar 26th 2014, 10:34 PM

# Penalty Points

"The arrogance of the Minister for Justice will be his downfall": Calls for Minister Shatter to quit

Several TDs have said that the Minister’s position is now untenable.

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Mar 25th 2014, 2:40 PM

# Penalty Points

Gay Byrne: If Callinan had said sorry, this would have all passed by

The RSA Chairman said the former Garda Commissioner had ‘dug a hole and kept on digging’.

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Mar 25th 2014, 11:00 AM

# garda commissioner

VIDEO: Here are the comments that led to Martin Callinan's resignation

The controversial comments were made at a Public Accounts Committee meeting on 23 January.

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Mar 25th 2014, 10:59 AM

# Penalty Points

Minister: Garda whistleblowers should have their reputations reinstated

Fergus O’Dowd said he stood over his comments that “the whistleblowers did a fantastic job”.

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Mar 23rd 2014, 3:39 PM

# Penalty Points

Byrne "always treated with respect" by Callinan

The broadcaster had earlier called for the Garda Commissioner and Minister Shatter to apologise to the garda whistleblowers.

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Mar 22nd 2014, 12:31 PM

# Cabinet split

Quinn backs Labour on whistleblowers… after Kenny tells ministers to air concerns privately

Ruairí Quinn has backed Labour colleagues calling for the Garda Commissioner to withdraw remarks that two whistleblowers’ actions were “disgusting” just hours after the Taoiseach told ministers not to air their concerns in public.

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Mar 21st 2014, 10:58 PM

# Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis

Micheál Martin thinks Alan Shatter seems to have a huge problem saying: 'I got it wrong'

The Fianna Fáil leader has said that the Taoiseach is trying to shut down the controversy surrounding remarks made by the Garda Commissioner about two whistleblowers.

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Mar 21st 2014, 6:41 PM

# Penalty Points

Garda whistleblowers' use of PULSE system criticised by Data Commissioner

The Garda Commissioner has said he shares the concerns “and I have expressed my disquiet about this publically on several occasions”.

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Mar 21st 2014, 2:11 PM

# garda whistleblowers

The Tánaiste thinks the Garda Commissioner should withdraw ‘disgusting’ remark

Several government ministers have now called on the Garda Commissioner to withdraw his remarks that the actions of two garda whistleblowers were disgusting.

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Mar 21st 2014, 2:00 PM

# garda whistleblowers

Varadkar says Callinan should withdraw ‘disgusting’ remarks – but gardaí say he won’t

Leo Varadkar has said that Martin Callinan should withdraw remarks that the actions of two garda whistleblowers were “disgusting”.

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Mar 20th 2014, 3:00 PM

# driverdistraction

Using a mobile while driving is comparable to driving drunk

That’s according to Gay Byrne who was speaking at the RSA’s annual conference today.

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Mar 20th 2014, 1:24 PM

# buckle up

How did your county do when it comes to not wearing seatbelts?

The Road Safety Authority have released figures showing the number of drivers per county who were given penalty points for seatbelt offences.

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Mar 14th 2014, 9:22 AM

# buckle up

Over 8,400 drivers caught not putting seatbelts on children

And an another terrible statistic from the RSA reveals that one in five people killed on our roads last year were not wearing their seatbelts.

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Mar 13th 2014, 5:12 PM

# News Fix

Here’s What Happened Today: Wednesday

Everybody’s talking about the penalty points report, the airport strikes being called off and Rehab releasing more information.

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Mar 12th 2014, 11:10 PM

# Penalty Points

Damning report finds “inconsistent and widespread” breaches of penalty points policy

The Garda Inspectorate’s report found “no meaningful evidence” of consistent quality management supervision, and no clear policy guidelines.

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Mar 12th 2014, 10:44 PM

# PAC

Callinan says he didn't call whistleblowers "disgusting"

The Garda Commissioner said that he was actually referring to the manner in which sensitive data appeared in the public domain.

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Mar 12th 2014, 7:31 PM

# Garda Inspectorate

Garda Inspectorate praises 'credible' Maurice McCabe, says 'nobody was watching the store'

Garda Inspectorate chief inspector Robert Olson has shed more light on the damning findings in his report at a press conference in Dublin this evening.

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Mar 12th 2014, 7:27 PM

# Whistleblower

Read the Garda Inspectorate’s damning penalty points report, in full

The Garda Inspectorate found “consistent and widespread breaches of policy” by those in charge of the penalty points system.

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Mar 12th 2014, 5:36 PM

# Whistleblowers

'Do the honourable thing': Shatter told to apologise to Maurice McCabe

Micheál Martin said today’s Garda Inspectorate report into penalty points ‘vindicated’ whistleblowers.

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Mar 12th 2014, 1:42 PM

# News Fix

Here’s What Happened Today: Tuesday

Everybody’s talking about Rehab Group salaries, the sad passing of Christine Buckley and the continuing search for the Malaysian Airlines plane.

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Mar 11th 2014, 11:12 PM

# Whistleblower

Revamp of penalty points system requires new legislative measures, says Shatter

The Minister for Justice will address the Cabinet on the Garda Inspectorate report into the penalty points saga tomorrow.

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Mar 11th 2014, 10:35 PM

# Election 2014

‘I’m up against it’: Garda whistleblower to run in local elections

The former garda’s revelations about penalty-point terminations in 2012 are now the subject of an official inquiry.

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Mar 10th 2014, 10:15 PM

# Gardaí

Oliver Connolly: I’ve been subjected to a concentrated attack by certain TDs

Connolly was relieved of his duties as Garda Confidential Recipient by Justice Minister Alan Shatter in February and his made his first public comment on the matter today.

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Mar 4th 2014, 11:00 PM