Gardaí undermining internal investigations

SOME investigations into alleged ill-treatment by gardaí are being undermined by the officers carrying out the investigation, the head of the Garda Complaints Board (GCB) said yesterday.

Gordon Holmes, chairman of the GCB, said some investigators delayed their investigation until such a time as the garda complained of had retired.

He said that once a garda retired, the garda complaints procedure could not touch the officer.