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.

There is a complicated justice architecture in Ireland.

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.

A long-awaited GSOC report into the garda investigation of journalist Ian Bailey is due to be published in the next three weeks.

A mammoth GSOC inquiry report regarding the Garda investigation into Ian Bailey could be published as early as this week.

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.

An auditor for Anglo Irish Bank has told a trial that he misled a previous trial about a statement he gave to gardaí.

Investigators into alleged crimes by former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean Fitzpatrick used “unlawful" practices when taking witness statements, his trial has heard.

A four-year Garda Ombudsman inquiry into the garda investigation of Ian Bailey for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier is due to be published within the next month.

The judge at the helm of the Garda Ombudsman has said GSOC has at times been “left adrift in a sea of legislative sludge without a paddle”, and looked forward to members of an Oireachtas committee “taking on the role of the O’Donovan brothers” and paddling the watchdog to clearer waters.

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

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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).

Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald will “study in detail” calls from the Garda Ombudsman to give it the legal right to seek court orders directing the Garda commissioner to hand over documents.

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 Dublin man given a wholly suspended sentence for his third offence under the firearms act, has been sent to jail following an undue leniency appeal by prosecutors.

Senior gardaí have said that an additional 200 to 300 garda recruits are needed every year on top of the commitment to take on 600 officers annually.

An ex-Fianna Fáil politician and Minster of State who admitted fraudulently claiming €4,207.45 in expenses from the Oireachtas on forged mobile phone invoices, has withdrawn his appeal against sentence.

The body representing national newspapers in Ireland yesterday said the Irish legislative framework “breaches” European law as it fails to adequately protect “the sources and privacy of journalists”.

A woman who burgled an elderly man’s home with an accomplice posing as a garda has been jailed for three and a half years.

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.

An army corporal who told gardaí he bought cannabis to ease the pain of his dying wife has avoided a criminal conviction.

A man who took over €27,000 from friends and acquaintances by selling them bogus package holidays has been spared a prison sentence today.

The jury has been discharged in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick over the alleged failure to disclose millions of euro in loans to the bank’s auditors.

Jurors in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick have been told that legal arguments are still ongoing and that they must return in June when “all will be done and dusted.”

The foreman of the jury in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank Chairman Sean FitzPatrick has been discharged for personal reasons.

A man who took part in the violent robbery of a 67-year-old Waterford farmer who was visiting Dublin City has avoided a jail sentence.

A man who was banned from the road when his dangerous driving caused the death of a back seat passenger has received an eight-and-a-half-year jail sentence.

The judge in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick has told the jury an illness is causing difficulty in a trial which has been repeatedly delayed for the last three weeks.

The judge in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick has told the jury she does not know when the trial will begin in evidence.

A drug addict who was on bail for an attempted robbery when he robbed a mother out walking her baby in a buggy has been jailed for three years.

The jury has been sworn in for the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick, who is accused of failing to disclose the true value of multi-million euro loans to the bank’s auditors.

A Wicklow detective has been acquitted of forging a letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the investigation of a priest accused of sexual abuse.

Lawyers for the State have told a jury that a garda on trial for forging a letter from the DPP was lying to the point of no return.

A man who threw a pint glass at a woman attending his child’s christening and left the victim with scars and nerve damage to her eye has been jailed for 18 months.

The supervisor of a garda accused of forging a letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions has told her trial that the garda told him she didn’t have the necessary skills to forge a letter.

A Kildare businessman who stole his elderly mother’s credit card to buy hotel breaks and holidays abroad has been spared jail and ordered to pay money back over the next three years.

A young Australian man who tried to ram a garda car four times during a high-speed chase in a stolen truck has walked free from court with a suspended sentence.

A teenager who knocked a woman off her bike, beat her up, and stole her groceries has avoided a jail sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A young man who posed as a teenage girl on Facebook in order to sexually exploit underage boys has been sentenced to five years with 18 months suspended.