On Duty : Refections on a Life in the Guards

During his tenure at Dublin’s Store Street he was tasked with reckoning with the heroin epidemic: his unique approach to community policing got to the root of the power of infamous criminals like Tony Felloni, Michel Cronin and Derek Dunne, stripping them of their assets. No Assistant Garda Commissioner has ever written a memoir before; On Duty promises to be a unique insight into policing operations in Ireland at the highest level. ‘John O’Driscoll makes an authoritative and valuable contribution, quite without precedent, to the debate around policing and security policy in 21st century Ireland’ Conor Brady, former editor of The Irish Times and author of The Guarding of Ireland.