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Preceded by
  
Martin Callinan

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Jim McGowan

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Irish

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Ciaran McGowan

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Nóirín O'Sullivan is the current Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, the Irish police force. She was appointed to the role on an official, permanent basis in November 2014. She is the first woman to lead the Gardaí in its 92-year history.

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Career & Experience

O'Sullivan is from Dublin and joined the Garda force in 1981.

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In 2000, O'Sullivan was promoted to Superintendent and served in the Garda Síochána College with responsibility for specialist training. She also worked as a Detective Superintendent in the Garda National Drugs Unit (GNDU). In 2003, she was promoted to Chief Superintendent and served as Detective Chief Superintendent at the Garda Technical Bureau and Human Resource Management.

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In 2007, O'Sullivan was promoted to Assistant Commissioner and served in the Western Region, followed by Human Resource Management.

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In June 2009, O'Sullivan was appointed Assistant Commissioner in charge of the Crime and Security Branch (CSB), with responsibility for Ireland's domestic state security. In this role she had responsibility for elite, specialist national units such as the Special Detective Unit, Emergency Response Unit and National Surveillance Unit.

O'Sullivan became Deputy Commissioner of Operations in 2011.

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O’Sullivan was appointed on an interim basis after the resignation of Martin Callinan on 25 March 2014. She formally took over the role of Commissioner on a permanent basis following her appointment by the Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald on 25 November 2014, becoming the first woman Commissioner to head the force since its foundation in 1922.

O'Sullivan was mentioned in the 2017 Prime Time special broadcast concerning the Garda whistleblower scandal.

Educational Qualifications

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  • Graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Executive Institute (NEI XXXIV) – Executive Leadership Programme designed for Chiefs of Police worldwide (2011)
  • Advanced Management Diploma (1st Class Hons) – Michael Smurfit School of Business, University College Dublin (2007)
  • Executive Education Programme – Driving Government Performance, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2007)
  • Master of Business Studies (1st Class Hons), Michael Smurfit School of Business, University College Dublin (2006)
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
  • Certificate in Strategic HRM Development, Irish Management Institute (2005)
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree (1st Class Hons) Police Management - awarded by HETAC and delivered by Garda College and University of Limerick
  • Diploma in Addiction Studies, Trinity College Dublin (1992)

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    References

    Nóirín O'Sullivan Wikipedia
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