Crime-solving capacity of DNA database keeps growing 

The latest annual report of the DNA Database System Oversight Committee reveals 1,102 Garda investigations benefitted from a total of 856 hits identified by officials at Forensic Science Ireland during 2020. File picture

More than 1,100 criminal investigations were assisted last year as a result of “hits” from the State’s DNA database, which matched samples from suspects and offenders with forensic evidence from crime scenes.

The latest annual report of the DNA Database System Oversight Committee reveals 1,102 Garda investigations benefitted from a total of 856 hits identified by officials at Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) during 2020.