In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in Irish courts, a Lithuanian man is set to commence a compensation case against the State, claiming he was accidentally shot during a garda operation.

The Fennelly Report this week showed up how badly An Garda Síochána was being mismanaged. The Coalition has no appetite for justice reform, writes Clare Daly

DESPITE calls from family and fellow gardaí for a judicial inquiry into the death of Garda Sergeant Michael Galvin — who appears to have taken his own life at a Garda station in Co Donegal a week ago — the Garda Ombudsman Commission is pressing ahead with its own investigation into the tragedy in which the commission is apparently linked. 

A pensioner injured in a dramatic hit-and-run accident in Co Clare has passed away.

Alan Shatter is gone from frontline politics, but he appears determined not to be forgotten, writes Michael Clifford

LIKE nearly every institution in the State, An Garda Síochána has been the subject of ongoing criticism in recent years and, like nearly every other national institution, the force has had to accept that some of that criticism was justified.

Government was not sad to see the back of Simon O’Brien, who has quit as chair of GSOC, but he did a good job and serious thought is needed on a successor, writes Michael Clifford.

The chairman of the Garda Ombudsman Commission is to step down.

Two Gardaí have been reprimanded after they drove away from a man who collapsed with a heart attack in Donegal earlier this year.

Tánaiste Joan Burton has given a formal statement to gardaí about the incident in which she was trapped in her car by anti-water charge protesters last Saturday.

The Garda Ombudsman Commission is Iinvestigating after a high-speed car chase on the M7 last night claimed the life of a woman.

A woman has died after being caught up in a high speed car chase on the M7.

One of the men knocked down by an out-of-control car was so covered in blood and dust the local parish priest couldn’t even recognise his friend.

Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter will appear on the Late Late Show tonight, where he is expected to discuss his resignation.

The Garda Ombudsman Commission has published a document which says there is no evidence that any of its employees leaked a confidential internal report.

The Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, said she wants to see the Garda Ombudsman Commission get on with their job, and she still has confidence in GSOC.

Gardaí have continued to abuse the penalty points system by changing the excuses to avoid detection in any audits.

The funeral of the woman who died after being knocked down by a Garda car in Dublin last week, takes place today.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has defended her appointment of seven barristers to review around 220 complaints of garda malpractice, despite claims of a conflict of interest.

A review of more than 200 complaints about garda misconduct and malpractice has been described as "inadequate" after it emerged that those who made the complaints will not be interviewed.

Three people have been taken to hospital after a garda car collided with another vehicle in Co. Laois.

The Garda Ombudsman Commission says it has found no evidence that Gardaí policing the Corrib Gas project were supplied with alcohol.

Further explanations have been demanded about who tried to contact witnesses before they spoke to retired judge, John Cooke, in an attempt to influence his investigation into allegations of bugging at the Garda Ombudsman Commission’s office.

Interim Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan acknowledged that the relationship between An Garda Síochána and GSOC to be “more constructive”.

The Cooke report has found no evidence of surveillance at the offices of the Garda Ombudsman Commission.

MEP Jim Higgins yesterday said he has brought what he considers "genuine" complaints from two garda whistleblowers to the attention of the Department of Justice and the new minister, Frances Fitzgerald.

GSOC is calling for the Garda Commissioner to be subject to oversight, in a submission to the joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality.

The Garda Ombudsman Commission is seeking new powers of inquiry to strengthen its hand in dealing with the force.

Legal experts have warned that gardaí could have breached two major planks of the law by recording phone calls to and from Garda stations.

A Fine Gael backbencher has hit out at Justice Minister Alan Shatter over his handling of the Garda whistleblower controversy, saying the Government should acknowledge that they “did the State some service”.

Even if Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan does withdraw, as widely expected, his scandalous description of two garda whistleblowers as “disgusting”, it will be too late to salvage the Government’s inept handling of this long-running crisis.

There could scarcely be a more damning indictment of the Garda operation of the penalty points system than the independent Garda Inspectorate report which, as even Justice Minister Alan Shatter has finally been forced to admit, highlights “major administrative dysfunction and a failure of management oversight”.

It is reported today that a high-profile Garda whistleblower first raised concerns about alleged behaviour in the force in 2008.

A man claiming to be the drug dealer and garda informer Kieran Boylan whose case triggered the surveillance sweep at GSOC’s HQ, yesterday contacted the Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams.

The Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin says the Justice Minister Alan Shatter has tried to "undermine" GSOC from the outset of the bugging controversy.

The Justice Minister Alan Shatter is due to appear before the Oireachtas Oversight committee today to take questions about his handling of the GSOC bugging allegations.

The Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said he received a report stating there is "no evidence at all" of bugging at the offices of the Garda Ombudsman Commission.

The Public Expenditure Minister, Brendan Howlin, said the Government may consider new legislation to ensure that the Garda Ombudsman Commission can work "without hindrance".

Sinn Féin will bring a private members motion to the Dáil next week calling for an independent inquiry into allegations of bugging at the Garda Ombudsman Commission.

“I think we can put that matter behind us now,” the Taoiseach told the Dáil.

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions says it has grave concerns at some of the issues raised by the Garda Ombudsman Commission earlier, regarding possible surveillance at the GSOC headquarters.

The chairman of the Garda Ombudsman Commission says he believes the organisation's headquarters was under "some kind of surveillance".