Gsoc 'will need to double staffing levels' as it is revamped to become Fiosrú

Garda Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) chairman, Rory MacCabe. The former High Court judge will appear at an Oireachtas committee on Thursday. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins
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SUBSCRIBEThe Garda Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) will need to at least double its staffing in the coming years in order to match its revised remit as a new police ombudsman, an Oireachtas committee will be told on Thursday.
The commission’s chairman, former High Court judge Rory MacCabe, said the increase in staff will be needed in order for it to perform its mandated functions in its new guise.
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