Paddy Power have started taking bets the next permanent Garda Commissioner following the retirement of Nóirín O’Sullivan.
Acting Commissioner Dónall Ó’Cualáin is the 2/1 favourite to replace O’Sullivan, with Assistant Commissioner Michael O’Sullivan considered his biggest rival for the role at 3/1.
Further down in the betting is Assistant Commissioner Pat Leahy at 10/1, while Chief Superintendents Dave Sheahan and Orla McPartlin are available at odds of 16/1 and 18/1 respectively.
Elsewhere, with calls being made to appoint someone from outside of the force we’re also taking bets on the nationality of the next Commissioner.
Here, we make it 1/3 for the next Garda supremo to be Irish, while it’s 2/1 for the appointee to be from abroad.
Next Permanent Garda Commissioner2/1 Dónall Ó´Cualáin
3/1 Michael O’Sullivan
10/1 Pat Leahy
16/1 Dave Sheahan
18/1 Barry O’Brien
18/1 Orla McPartlin
25/1 John Twomey
25/1 Fintan Fanning
33/1 Anne Marie McMahon
33/1 Eugene Corcoran
80/1 Maurice McCabe
1/3 Irish
2/1 Non-Irish
* All odds correct at time of posting.
