TD Paul Murphy, having had a fair trial, unfairly sought to ‘convict’ three members of an Garda Síochána in the ‘court of public opinion’, in the Dáil, where the officers concerned had no opportunity to respond, says Daniel McConnell

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

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.

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”.

A 72-year-old former barrister was jailed yesterday on a charge of assault causing harm to a member of An Garda Síochána.

The Garda Síochána “failed in its duty” in not investigating two historical cases of child sexual abuse, subsequently the subject of the Cloyne report, the Garda Ombudsman has found.

Some 45 successful candidates for promotion to senior ranks in the Garda Síochána have been officially notified.

Diners outside a busy hotel witnessed a man strip to the waist and make violent threats against a member of An Garda Síochána shouting at one stage that he would bite his eyes out.

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.