Policing Authority raises 'intense frustration' with gardaí over 999 calls controversy

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, right, with chair of the Policing Authority Bob Collins pictured ahead of a previous Policing Authority meeting. File picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The Policing Authority has sharply criticised An Garda Síochána for its failure to provide “substantive information” regarding the ongoing controversy over cancelled 999 emergency calls.

At the authority’s monthly meeting with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, its chair Bob Collins described his “intense frustration” with the authority’s inability to secure detailed information from the gardaí on the issue until April.