Sack watchdog bosses over handling of bugging claims says Shatter

Garda Ombudsman bosses should be sacked because they sought to cover up their failures in how they handled concerns that their offices were bugged.

The dramatic claim was made by the former justice minister, Alan Shatter, in a stinging attack on members of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC).

He said their investigation into alleged surveillance of their offices, which was carried out by a private security firm in October 2013, was “clearly premature” and that, under law, they should have informed him, as minister, it was taking place.