Garda watchdog ready to launch Cloyne probe

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has moved a step closer towards launching an investigation into the Garda handling of cases criticised in the Cloyne report.

Following six months of discussions with the Murphy Commission, the GSOC has recently received the full, unredacted, or unedited, version of their report into the Catholic diocese.

A spokesman for the GSOC said yesterday: “We have now received the full unredacted version of the report and the commission is now examining its contents.” He declined to make any further comment until this process was completed.