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GSOC: Over 1,800 official complaints made against Gardaí last year

There were 14 allegations of sexual offences by Gardaí
Eoghan Murphy
Eoghan Murphy

00.01 11 Jan 2023


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GSOC: Over 1,800 official comp...

GSOC: Over 1,800 official complaints made against Gardaí last year

Eoghan Murphy
Eoghan Murphy

00.01 11 Jan 2023


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Over 1,800 official complaints were made against Gardaí to their watchdog last year.

According to Freedom of Information figures obtained by Newstalk, there were 14 allegations of sexual offences by Gardaí.

Provisional figures show the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) received 1,826 complaints in 2022.

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That is down 17% from 2021.

Last year's complaints contained just under 3,000 allegations.

One-third of them were in Dublin, with 266 in Cork and 119 in Mayo.

'Figures speak for themselves'

The vast majority of complaints were not upheld - with only 12 breaches of discipline identified so far.

Damien McCarthy is from the Garda Representative Association (GRA).

"The figures speak for themselves," he said.

"It goes to show that the constant narrative that has been portrayed in the media over the last number of months and years, in relation to corruption and wrong-doing in the Garda Síochána, simply is not true.

"I think if you look at the GSOC figures - the amount of complaints that are going into GSOC - the vast, vast majority of those complaints are not being upheld".

Of all the allegations nationally, 33 were about theft and fraud and 15 related to discrimination.

Main image: A Garda inscription on a jacket in March 2022. Picture by: Ronin / Alamy Stock Photo

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