We take a trip down memory lane and check out what happened on this day in years gone by by looking back at some Irish Examiner front pages and highlighting other events which went down in history across the world.

The Garda Ombudsman has received 957 complaints of malpractice against Gardaí this year.

An opportunistic criminal who robbed a cash box containing €25,000 while carrying a nail clippers has been given a three-year sentence.

Gardaí used pepper sprays almost 690 times in 2018, official figures reveal.

The Garda Ombudsman, GSOC, has opened “a public interest investigation” into alleged irregularities in voter registration in Kerry.

A full garda investigation is underway now into allegations surrounding registration forms for the supplementary electoral register in County Kerry.

A complaint has been made to the Garda Ombudsman after a 15-year-old claimed he was knocked unconscious during an altercation with officers.

The evidence of Garda Commissioner Drew Harris before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) earlier this month about the controversial prosecution of a civilian Garda employee, has raised some serious questions.

A woman described by a High Court judge as having maintained a “vengeful and vitriolic” campaign against her estranged husband has failed to get a decree of nullity rendering their 13-year marriage legally null and void.

The caseload of whistleblower complaints requiring investigation by the Garda Ombudsman doubled last year.

A senior garda is under investigation concerning allegations he used racist language to describe black people.

GSOC has taken a long-term lease on some 5,000 sq ft of offices at the Atrium, Blackpool, in a suite vacated by a relocated business advisers and services firm, Roberts Nathan.

A senior Garda officer, who is the subject a Garda Ombudsman inquiry, has been suspended from duty.

Frontline supervisors have called on Garda management to “fully investigate” any online threats against a detective sergeant who discharged his firearm during a tense incident in Longford last Monday.

A man on trial at Cork District Court for threatening his nephew at a bus stop was caught photographing gardaí and the judge in the courtroom.

The Government has agreed to create a new offence for the non-consensual distribution of intimate images including what is known as “revenge pornography”.

The Garda Ombudsman has been “struggling” to get information from gardaí and the courts in their investigation into the fatal shooting of Garda Tony Golden and the serious wounding of Siobhán Philips, according to the woman’s father.

Visible community policing, supporting victims of crime, and better training for gardaí are among the key recommendations made to the Policing Commission by the public and organisations.

Gsoc has been denied access to confidential records in the Garda’s Security & Intelligence Section in relation to Adrian Crevan Mackin, who shot Garda Tony Golden dead and almost killed his estranged partner Siobhan Phillips in October 2015.

The Garda Ombudsman has bluntly told the justice minister that if its staffing is not significantly increased it would “undoubtedly result” in the organisation’s failure to meet its obligations to the public.

Frontline gardaí are calling for an independent survey of stress levels, claiming management is “failing” staff in relation to mental health.

A 64-year-old woman failed yesterday in her appeal against public order convictions as the judge said he did not believe her version of events.

Senior gardaí estimate it would cost almost €7m over a period of 28 years to examine all Garda phone calls recording breath tests.

Three people have been arrested after a garda and a civilian were shot during a planned search of a house in Dublin.

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.

A senior garda who referred a whistleblower to the Garda Ombudsman over a domestic dispute complaint has told the Charleton Tribunal that she has no malice towards the officer.

Three of four statements requested from senior garda officers on Wednesday evening were handed in to the Charleton tribunal, a barrister for the inquiry has said.

A senior garda decision to categorise a domestic disturbance complaint against a garda whistleblower as an incident causing serious harm or death was later questioned by the Garda Ombudsman.

Specialist judges or a dedicated tribunal must first grant authorisation to any request from a state agency to access the communication data of people, says the Murray report.

A SOCIETY that loses faith in its police loses one of the cornerstones to a decent society. 

GSOC is seeking witnesses to an incident early today in the Portobello area of Dublin, near the Portobello Road/Bloomfield Avenue junction.

The Garda Ombudsman has confirmed it has not received any complaints in relation to garda behaviour at the Jobstown protest trial.

The Garda Ombudsman has confirmed that it is investigating the death of a man in Dundalk Garda station last night.

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The Garda Ombudsman (Gsoc) is set to bring in outside financial investigators and take on more staff to carry out a probe into suspected fraudulent activity involving a secret Garda account.

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The Policing Authority is implementing a key part in the reform of An Garda Síochána as it oversees the appointment of gardaí to key management positions.

The Garda Ombudsman has received a surge in garda whistleblower complaints this year, with 13 disclosures to date in 2017 compared to 11 over the previous three years.

The Garda Ombudsman will need “extra resources” to conduct an investigation into suspected fraud involving a secret garda bank account, sources have explained.

Fresh controversy has enveloped Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan after she was criticised by the State’s financial watchdog for failing to mention possible financial irregularities at Templemore Garda College in a formal accounting notification to him.

IT is entirely appropriate that security measures be updated to neutralise those who would destroy our way of life. The legislation to allow security agencies wider access to email and internet communications, already in place for phone communications, is being prepared.

The Government is to be briefed in the coming weeks on forthcoming laws giving law enforcement agencies powers to intercept email and internet communications.

A blind woman accused of shouting expletives as children played nearby denied the charge and said that it was a member of An Garda Síochána who used foul language to her.

The Government has appointed a former head of the Garda inspectorate to lead the imminent root and branch review of the force, despite her being embroiled in a multi-million euro overtime and management US court case last year.