Issue Date: 20th November 2023
Chief Superintendent Brian Sugrue, on transfer to Garda College, Templemore, with effect from the 13th November 2023.
Superintendent Dermot Drea, on transfer to Mountmellick Garda Station with responsibility for Laois/ Offaly Garda Division Performance Assurance Functional Area, with effect from 13th November 2023.
Detective Superintendent Michael Mullen on transfer to Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau (GNCCB) with effect from 13th November 2023.
Superintendent Maria Conway, on transfer to Garda Professional Standards Unit (GPSU), with effect from 18th October 2023.
Superintendent Barry Doyle, on transfer to Sligo Garda Station, with effect from 9th October 2023.
The following appointments have taken place in line with the Garda Operating Model in the Meath/Westmeath Garda division with effect from the 19th November 2023:
Chief Superintendent John Dollard, Athlumnney House, Navan with responsibility for Meath/ Westmeath Garda Division.
Superintendent Martina Noonan, Navan Garda Station, responsibility for Meath North Community Engagement Functional Area.
Superintendent Yvonne Murphy, Ashbourne Garda Station, responsibility for Meath South Community Engagement Functional Area.
Superintendent Bláithín Moran, Mullingar Garda Station, responsibility for Westmeath Community Engagement Functional Area.
Superintendent David Nolan, Mullingar Garda Station, responsibility for Meath/ Westmeath Crime Functional Area.
Superintendent Michelle Baker, Athlone Garda Station, responsibility for Meath/ Westmeath Performance Assurance Functional Area.
The following appointments have taken place in line with the Garda Operating Model in the DMR South Garda division with effect from the 22nd October 2023:
Chief Superintendent Majella Armstrong, Crumlin Garda Station, responsibility for DMR South Garda Division.
Superintendent Paul Maher, Crumlin Garda Station, responsibility for Crumlin/ Terenure Community Engagement Functional Area.
Superintendent Bronagh O Reilly, Tallaght Garda Station, responsibility for Tallaght Community Engagement Functional Area.
Detective Superintendent Colm O'Malley, Crumlin Garda Station, responsibility for DMR South Crime Functional Area.
Superintendent Colm Fitzgerald, Tallaght Garda Station, responsibility for DMR South Performance Assurance Functional Area.
Background
The Garda Operating Model is being introduced as part of A Policing Service for the Future, which is the implementation plan based on the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. This model is recommended by the both the Commission of the Future of Policing in Ireland and the Garda Inspectorate.
The restructure reflects international best practice as well as the realities of modern day policing in Ireland, the changing nature of crime and population trends.
It included restructuring at National, Regional and local levels to provide a greater focus on community policed based on local needs. The new model introduces major changes to the structures of An Garda Síochána by providing a wider range of policing services for people in their local area.
It will particularly enhance the investigation of crime through the delivery of a greater range of specialised services in local areas, such as the investigation of sexual crime, domestic violence, cyber-crime, and economic crime.
The Operating Model will see the number of Garda Divisions reduce from 28 to 21.
