Fitzgerald backs GSOC despite report criticism

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said that she has confidence in the Garda Ombudsman after a report criticised it for initiating its own inquiry into suspicions its offices may have been bugged.

Fitzgerald backs GSOC despite report criticism

She said Judge John Cooke had produced an “evidence-based” report after there had been a lot of concern about whether the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission was bugged or not.

The 62-page report showed the commissioners had taken actions “in good faith” in investigating this but it showed there was no proof that surveillance of the agency had occurred.

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