Garda chief to say suspect deaths were ‘overlooked’

The acting Garda commissioner will today admit that gardaí “overlooked” revisiting or upgrading a number of investigations into suspicious deaths which has resulted in the homicide data debacle.

For the first time since the homicide statistics scandal broke, acting garda chief Dónall Ó Cualáin will also say common issues have arisen in the Garda review of cases.

He is expected to be pressed by the Oireachtas Justice Committee about the force’s review of 41 cases and why investigations were not updated to homicides.