GSOC waits on Garda HQ reply

The Garda Ombudsman has not received any response from Garda HQ in relation to recommendations put forward over three separate sexual assault investigations.

The recommendations were made as far back as February 2016 and, in one case, Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan told the Policing Authority the garda failures were “unacceptable” - but GSOC did not get a reply.

The watchdog's 2016 annual report shows: