'Immediate action' needed to resolve three-year cybercrime backlog

Policing Authority says planned staffing levels should be 'revisted' — a view echoed by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris

Gardaí Sophie McDowell, Luke Beattie, and Erin Heaney of Tallaght Garda Station wearing the new garda uniform which will be worn by more than 13,000 gardaí. It is only the third formal upgrade of the force's uniforms in a century. Picture Colin Keegan/Collins

“Immediate action” is needed to address the three-year Garda backlog in examining devices for child sex abuse imagery, and other crimes, according to the Policing Authority.

In a new report, the body said An Garda Síochána has “failed” to address the issue and warned that the continuing delay risks having a “considerable” impact on investigations and victims.