Gardaí believe force can't fall victim to same data breach as hit PSNI

It is understood Garda Commissioner Drew Harris placed the issue on the agenda of a subsequent meeting of the Senior Leadership Team. File photo: Brian Lawless/PA

Garda HQ does not believe a data breach similar to the one that has rocked the PSNI could happen in An Garda Síochána because of its security controls.

The PSNI data breach, described by Chief Constable Simon Byrne as "industrial" in its scale, saw the inadvertent release of police spreadsheets containing the surnames and first initial of its 10,000 staff, where they are based and the departments they work in.