Well-known Garda Goretti Sheridan has returned to Donegal to take up a post as Superintendent of the Buncrana District.
Supt Sheridan has been appointed to fill the vacancy left by Eugene McGovern, who retired from the force last month after 37 years of service.
Supt Sheridan, a native of Rathmullan, was promoted to the rank of Superintendent in 2019 and has served in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon and the Sligo District over the past year. She previously served as an Inspector in Letterkenny, where she had been stationed since 2013.
Superintendent Mary Gaynor will transfer to the Sligo Garda District to take up the responsibility in the region.
Supt Sheridan took up her new post in Buncrana today.