C&AG: Gardaí spent €250k on unused hotel rooms during Europa League final

Bayer Leverkusen players during a training session at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin ahead of the UEFA Europa League final. File picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Gardaí spent hundreds of thousands of euro on unused hotel rooms during its policing operation for the Europa League final in Dublin last year.

A report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) found that An Garda Síochána spent €590,000 booking hotel rooms in bulk ahead of the May 2024 final.