GSOC officer resigns amid claims he attended party with Gerry Hutch

The Minister for Justice Simon Harris "has requested a report from the Chairperson of GSOC, which I expect to receive in the coming days"

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch walks free after he was acquitted of the murder of David Byrne at the Special Criminal Court...Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

An investigator with the Garda Ombudsman Commission has resigned amid allegations he attended the same party as Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch on the day he was cleared of murder.

It's understood the officer, who has been involved in a number of high-profile investigations into garda misconduct, told a number of people he had attended the house party with the gangland crime boss on Monday night.