Issue Date: 8th July 2024
The following appointments and allocations of Superintendents take place on the 8th July 2024 following promotions and consequential transfers:
Superintendent Alan Kelly on transfer to Office Deputy Commissioner, Policing and Security, Garda Headquarters.
Superintendent Brian Halligan, Dun Laoghaire Garda Station with responsibility for Dun Laoghaire Community Engagement Area (Garda Operating Model), DMR East Garda Division.
Superintendent Peter Brady on transfer to Ballymun Garda Station with responsibility for detective duties (Ballymun and Balbriggan Garda Districts),DMR North Garda Division.
Superintendent Marilyn Brosnan on transfer to Dun Laoghaire Garda Station, with responsibility for DMR East Performance Assurance Functional Area, DMR East Garda Division.
Superintendent Michael O’Keeffe on promotion to Communications Centre, DMR.
The following appointments and allocations of Superintendents took place on the 10th June 2024 following promotions and consequential transfers:
Superintendent Brian Hoey on transfer to Governance and Accountability, Garda Headquarters.
Superintendent Oliver Baker on transfer to Ballinasloe Garda Station with responsibility for Galway East Community Engagement Area (Garda Operating Model),Galway Garda Division.
Superintendent Alan Cullen on transfer to Nenagh Garda Station with responsibility for Clare East/ Tipperary North Community Engagement Area (Garda Operating Model),Clare/Tipperary Garda Division.
Superintendent Niall O Connell on promotion to Clonmel Garda Station with responsibility for Tipperary South Community Engagement Area (Garda Operating Model),Clare/Tipperary Garda Division.
Superintendent Michael Dorrigan on promotion to Roscommon Garda Station with responsibility for Roscommon Community Engagement Area (Garda Operating Model), Mayo/ Roscommon/ Longford Garda Division. An Garda Síochána can confirm the full implementation of the Garda Operating Model in DMR West Garda Division which took place at end of May 2024:
Detective Superintendent Paul Murphy, Blanchardstown Garda Station with responsibility for DMR West Crime Functional Area (Blanchardstown).
Detective Superintendent Thomas Gormley, Clondalkin Garda Station with responsibility for DMR West Crime Functional Area (Lucan/Clondalkin).
Superintendent Paul Dolan, Lucan Garda Station, with responsibility for Lucan Community Engagement Functional Area.
Superintendent Keith Halley, Clondalkin Garda Station with responsibility for Clondalkin Community Engagement Functional Area.
Superintendent Emer Curran, Blanchardstown Garda Station, with responsibility for Blanchardstown Community Engagement Functional Area.
Background
The Garda Operating Model is 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.
