Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan only gave 6 hours notice of retirement

Garda Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan has retired.

The news was announced yesterday evening, with Noirin making a statement, stating that the "unending cycle of requests, questions, instructions and public hearings," is why she has decided to call it quits. However, ministers this morning are claiming that Ms O'Sullivan only gave six hours notice to the force. According to independent.ie, she informed the Department of Justice secretary general, Noel Waters, of her decision to leave late afternoon. The statement confirming her departure was released shortly before 6pm, with her official retirement kicking in at midnight last night. The publication reports that she did not inform Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan, and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar only became aware of the situation through other ministers.

2 Garda Commissioners retire within the past 3 yrs.Nothing to see here,alls well. #NoirinOSullivan

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In her statement, she said: "It has become clear, over the last year, that the core of my job is now about responding to an unending cycle of requests, questions, instructions and public hearings involving various agencies including the Public Accounts Committee, the Justice and Equality Committee, the Policing Authority, and various other inquiries, and dealing with inaccurate commentary surrounding all of these matters. She then went on to say she will be concentrating on her family. The news comes following drama in an Garda Síochána regarding falsified alcohol breath tests and wrongful traffic convictions.