Garda ombudsman warns it has insufficient funding to tackle 'increasing workload'

The number of complaints fielded by GSoc in 2021 had increased by 13% year on year to more than 2,200.

There was a 50% increase in the number of incidents referred to the Garda Ombudsman which related to a member of the public being injured or dying after an interaction with a serving garda in 2021.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) had received 64 such referrals from the gardaí by the end of November of last year, up from the 43 received in 2020.