Cooke will be invited to appear before committees

Retired judge, John Cooke, is to be called before an Oireachtas committee as part of its continued examination of allegations of bugging at the Garda Síochána Ombudsman commission (GSOC).

The Committee on Oversight and Petitions agreed to write to Mr Cooke in the coming days to ask him to discuss his findings that there was a lack of evidence to support claims of surveillance.

There are also growing calls to invite Mr Cooke before the Justice Committee to discuss what members said are a number of questions that remain about the bugging controversy.