Legal restrictions on GSOC worthy of Kafka

The Department of Justice asked GSOC to investigate matters before the Higgins Inquiry but then failed to release requested documentation. Cormac O’Keeffe reports

IT’S A scenario that fans of Kafka would savour — the Department of Justice has asked the Garda Ombudsman to investigate a policing controversy.

To start its work, the Ombudsman has sought relevant documentation, held by the same Department.