Garda Ombudsman makes 'plea for help'

Justice Mary Ellen Ring, chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, wrote to the PAC to describe staffing levels as being 'not in line with other civil service departments or agencies'.

A letter from the Garda Ombudsman to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) describing inadequate resources to cover caseloads has been described as a “plea for help”.

Justice Mary Ellen Ring, chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, wrote to the PAC to describe staffing levels as being “not in line with other civil service departments or agencies”.