Disciplinary procedures under way against Garda members who continued to cancel 999 calls

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris confirmed 53 calls were cancelled in November last year, separate to the 200,000 cancelled calls already under investigation 

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris confirmed to the Policing Authority that Garda members continued to cancel 999 calls despite the ongoing scrutiny of the 200,000 calls which were cancelled between January 2019 and October 2020. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

An investigation is under way after 53 emergency calls were cancelled without the gardaí who took them going through the proper procedure, the Garda Commissioner has said.

Commissioner Drew Harris confirmed to the Policing Authority that Garda members continued to cancel 999 calls despite the ongoing scrutiny of the 200,000 calls which were cancelled between January 2019 and October 2020.