Dónall Ó Cualáin | |
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Acting Garda Commissioner | |
Assumed office 11 September 2017 |
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Taoiseach | Leo Varadkar |
Preceded by | Nóirín O'Sullivan |
Dónall Ó Cualáin is the current Acting Commissioner of Garda Síochána. He assumed office on the resignation of Nóirín O'Sullivan in September 2017.
From Carna in the Gaeltacht of Connemara, Co. Galway, Ó Culáin is a fluent Irish speaker. He was appointed Deputy Commissioner in charge of Governance and Strategy on 20 October 2015. Following the resignation of Nóirín O'Sullivan, Ó Cualáin was appointed as Acting Commissioner on 11 September 2017 by the Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan.