'Likely' that people suffered over cancelled 999 calls, says retired senior garda

Retired Assistant Garda Commissioner Pat Leahy. Credit: Crispin Rodwell

It is “likely” that vulnerable people “suffered” as a result of the cancelled Garda 999 calls controversy, according to a retired Assistant Garda Commissioner.

Pat Leahy, retired Assistant Commissioner for the Dublin Metropolitan Region, said that by the law of averages with more than 1,400 cancelled domestic violence calls from 2019 and 2020 under investigation, it is “likely there were people who suffered as a result of the gardaí not responding”.