CSO investigate quality of Pulse crime records

A standoff between the Central Statistics Office and An Garda Síochána over the recording of domestic abuse incidents continues, writes Cormac O'Keeffe.

The CSO is conducting a detailed examination this year of the recording of domestic abuse incidents by gardaí to determine if the data is reliable.

The CSO also said it is “unclear” when it will be able to resume publishing Garda crime statistics after it postponed publication — over concerns on homicide figures — for a third time at the end of December, but planned to publish again in the first half of 2018.