Garda chief makes plea for DNA database

The lack of a national DNA database is hampering the investigations of serious crimes, the Garda Commissioner said today.

Garda chief makes plea for DNA database
Tue, 26 Apr, 2005 - 16:21

The lack of a national DNA database is hampering the investigations of serious crimes, the Garda Commissioner said today.

Noel Conroy said Ireland was one of the few European countries without such a database.

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