‘You couldn’t make it up’ – Mary Lou McDonald tells Dáil up to 20 graduating gardaí cannot take up work as they are not garda vetted

Claim rejected by Taoiseach, who said 170 new recruits will go ‘on the streets’

Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil clash over lack of Gardaí and vetting issues

Up to 20 gardaí due to graduate from Templemore next week cannot take up work as they have not been garda-vetted, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has claimed in the Dáil.

But her claim was disputed by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.