DPP’s office could face ‘significant reorganisation’

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has said her office could face “the most significant reorganisation of the prosecution service” since its establishment if the Government pursues a revamp of how cases are brought to court.

In her foreword to the recently published Strategy Statement 2019-2021, Claire Loftus said: “A new challenge which faces the Office is the implications of the recommendations made by the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland on Garda involvement in the prosecutorial function.