National DNA database used to aid nearly 1,000 criminal probes 

There were 759 hits on the database in 2021, and it assisted in 920 investigations.

The national DNA database was used to aid 920 investigations last year, with the system’s oversight committee concluding its “crime-solving capacity continues to grow”.

The criminal justice system in Ireland is dependent on the DNA database, which was first launched in 2015, “to an ever increasing extent”, according to the oversight body.