Enforcer dealing with white collar-crime had to wait year for additional detectives

In July last year, ODCE director Ian Drennan
first wrote to the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris seeking the six new detectives. Picture: RollingNews.ie

The corporate enforcer was forced to wait almost a year for the allocation of half a dozen detectives despite repeated requests to An Garda Síochána.

Internal emails detail how ODCE director Ian Drennan grew frustrated as he tried to temporarily add manpower in his office, at one stage saying the gardaí had “clearly no intention” of transferring the officers in the foreseeable future.