Gardaí’s time being wasted on admin jobs instead of protecting communities

The Garda Inspectorate said “hundreds of thousands” of garda hours were being “wasted across the country” on administrative duties – instead of being used to protect communities.
In a snapshot survey it found that less than half of 999 calls on a selected Saturday night in four garda divisions were responded to within 15 minutes and that there were “insufficient units at peak demand times”.