The number of complaints received last year by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission rose by 10%, although there was a fall in the number of referrals from gardaí.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC)  has launched an investigation into the temporary loss of a Garda sub-machine gun and ammunition, citing reports of an “apparent lack of security” in the incident.

The detective who fatally shot killer Mark Hennessy will have to explain to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) that he honestly believed either his life or the life of another person was in “immediate danger” when he opened fire.

Mark Hennessy was inside his car at the time he was shot by an armed detective, said the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has been unable to bring a single protected disclosure investigation to a satisfactory conclusion because of chronic understaffing, according to its chair, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring.

Four investigators are being hired by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) to take on a surge in whistleblower complaints from members of the force.

GSOC has confirmed that it is conducting an examination into the suspected suicide of a man living under Garda protection who was due to give evidence in an upcoming trial linked to the Kinahan-Hutch feud.

It is expected that the Murray report into the bugging of journalists’ phones by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, which will be given to the Cabinet today, will advocate new limits on how gardaí and some other State agencies can snoop on private citizens’ electronic communications and use of websites.

A report which was sent to GSOC by Donegal gardaí outlining alleged threats a garda whistleblower made to his partner was not an official complaint, the Charleton tribunal has been told.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has applied to the Special Criminal Court for transcripts relating to appearances before the court of Adrian Crevan Mackin, who shot dead Garda Anthony Golden in 2015 before killing himself.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) looks set to secure powers to compel the Garda Commissioner to hand over documentation in new laws being drafted by Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is conducting an investigation into allegations that a garda sexually assaulted a child.

A Garda watchdog investigation into the treatment of whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe has been stopped in its tracks because of a legal roadblock.

This week, we reported that an investigation into a Garda whistleblower’s complaint has been stalled for two years because of a failure by the force to hand over documents to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. But the background to this episode stretches back much further than that, writes Michael Clifford.

An investigation into a Garda whistleblower’s complaint has been stalled for two years because of a failure by the force to hand over documents to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC).

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is requesting legal powers to go to the courts to compel the Garda commissioner to hand over information as part of a campaign to be given more “teeth”.

A senior investigator for the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) has described the loss of evidence collected during the investigation into the murder of Garda Dick Fallon as “wholly unacceptable”.

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has hit out at a TD for raising allegations of misconduct in the Dáil, and not with GSOC or the Garda Commissioner.

A Garda Ombudsman report has said it appears, on the balance of probabilities, that details of the arrest of TD Clare Daly on suspicion of drink-driving were leaked “in an unauthorised manner” by someone within An Garda Síochána.

The protracted Garda Ombudsman investigation into a complaint by Ian Bailey of garda wrongdoing is expected to be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions in the coming months.

Charges against a couple, accused of lying to the Garda Síochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), were yesterday struck out by a judge who criticised some garda witnesses.

A series of garda blunders culminated in a man murdering his own mother at a time when he should have been behind bars, according to a damning report from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc).

The solicitor for Sergeant Michael Galvin, who killed himself while under investigation by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, said he tried to assure the father of three that he had no case to answer.

Events in Donegal led to the establishment of the Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission and, by tragic irony, it is issues in that county that have now put the same body under investigation.

The garda sergeant who last week died by apparent suicide in a Donegal garda station had told his wife he was facing up to five years in prison after being questioned by Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) investigators.

Gardaí are to demand that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission reveals what personal data it retains on individual members of the force.

A letter from the Garda Ombudsman, quoted in the Dáil by Mick Wallace, stating that gardaí were not co-operating with an investigation into the arrest of TD Clare Daly is almost two years old, it has emerged.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has welcomed a €1m increase in its budget for next year.

The High Court has ordered the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to disclose documents relating to complaints by Ian Bailey over the garda investigation into the 1996 murder of French film maker Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork.

A report commissioned by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) into the recent leak of confidential information has failed to establish any individual responsibility "either on the part of an employee of GSOC or any other party".

-GSOC needs funds for ‘extensive’ investigation into complaints

The "atmosphere of frustration and tension" between the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and the senior ranks of the force "heavily influenced" GSOC’s reaction in carrying out a security sweep of its office, an independent report has concluded.

Garda whistleblowers should not be “buried” or “suffer reprisal” when they make allegations of malpractice, middle-ranking officers have said.

An ex-garda ombudsman has said concern over garda knowledge of sensitive GSOC inquiries triggered the move to carry out a surveillance sweep at the commission’s headquarters in Dublin.

We are still none the wiser as to what level of security breach GSOC suffered, if at all, says Cormac O’Keeffe

Justice Minister Alan Shatter yesterday responded to allegations that the offices of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission were bugged. Here is his statement to the Dáil in full.

Details of alleged abuses of the penalty points system are now almost certain to be made public, with the garda whistleblower likely to formally request a transcript of his meeting on Thursday with the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee.

I must compliment the judge and state solicitor for dropping the case (Irish Examiner, Jan 8, 2014) in which two members of the gardaí were before the courts for a case in which a teenager admitted being the ringleader of a violent attack by a gang of youths.

Representatives of rank-and-file gardaí have launched an attack on the Ombudsman Commission after two members were left to pay their own legal bills after being cleared of assaulting a violent teenager whose own mother described him as “an absolute gurrier of the highest order”.

The Garda watchdog has criticised members of the force for being “slow” and “less than optimal” in co-operating with an investigation which ultimately led to two gardaí being convicted for assault and another for attempting to pervert the course of justice.

The investigation into the relationship between gardaí and Kieran Boylan is all too familiar, writes Michael Clifford

The Garda Ombudsman has called for “intrusive and independent” oversight of the Garda system for handling informants in a special report to the justice minister.

A second man is fighting for his life following a crash in which the driver died.

The Garda Ombudsman is investigating a fatal single car crash in Co Wicklow.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter said it was “clearly desirable” that the Garda Ombudsman was investigating the Garda treatment of Ian Bailey in the controversial Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder probe.