Goretti Sheridan to become Donegal's new Garda Chief Superintendent

Goretti Sheridan will be appointed as the new Garda Chief Superintendent in Donegal with the county to return to being a stand-alone Garda division.

Currently a superintendent based at Letterkenny Garda Station, the Rathmullan native will be unveiled as Donegal’s leading Garda within the next few days.

Last January, she was appointed to replace the retired Superintendent Michael Finan in Letterkenny.

Previously, she served as an Inspector in Letterkenny, where she was stationed since 2013, until her promotion to the rank of Superintendent in 2019. Superintendent Sheridan joined the force in 1993.

She served in Castlerea and the Sligo District before succeeding Superintendent Eugene McGovern in Buncrana in October, 2020 prior to being transferred back to Letterkenny.

The daughter of Claire and the late Patsy Sheridan, Superintendent Sheridan also holds a Master of Arts (M.A.) focused in Criminology from Dublin Institute of Technology.

There had been plans to amalgamate the Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim divisions with Chief Superintendent Aidan Glacken overseeing all three since the retirement of Chief Superintendent Terry McGinn in late 2022.

A proposal to amalgamate Donegal into a three-county Division with Sligo and Leitrim was shelved following a review by senior Gardai.

The review was requested by the Garda Commissioner and conducted by an Assistant Commissioner, the Garda Senior Leadership Team has decided to re-configure the composition of certain three-county Divisions under the Garda Operating Model.

Senior Gardai in Donegal, as well as the Donegal Public Participation Network (PPN), who represent 653 community groups across the county, had urged the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, to keep Donegal as a stand-alone Division.