Whistleblower system sees at least three garda contacts

A NEW confidential system for reporting corruption or malpractice within An Garda Síochána has received at least three contacts from gardaí since it was set up last June.

While the system was announced in April 2007, it did not start functioning until four months ago.

It was set up following recommendations by the Morris tribunal for a confidential “whistleblower” system within the force to prevent the type of Garda abuses that took place in Donegal in the 1990s.