Commission to explain leaks to committee today

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission will come under intense pressure today to explain who leaked the alleged bugging allegations to the media.

Commission to explain leaks to committee today

The Garda watchdog will also be questioned as to why speculation was allowed to become so widespread, further damaging the fraught relationship between GSOC and the gardaí.

GSOC chairman Simon O’Brien and commissioners Carmel Foley and Kieran FitzGerald will be asked why they did not intervene sooner instead of allowing damaging speculation and innuendo to continue in the aftermath of a Sunday Times report.

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