Detainee masked with spit hood for more than five hours - report

Officers used the hoods 86 times in the space of 15 weeks, removing them in under 20 minutes or less in 85% of cases. File image

Gardaí left a detainee masked with a spit hood for more than five hours.

It is one of the revelations in a report by the Policing Authority on the force's use of special powers during the pandemic.