Archive: 2018


GSOC responds to incident in Castleblayney

28 November 2018

GSOC responds to incident in Castleblayney

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GSOC receives sanction for significant staff increase

7 November 2018

GSOC welcomes sanction for increased staffing

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GSOC applauds bravery of woman in sex assault case

12 October 2018

GSOC applauds bravery of woman in sex assault case.

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GSOC welcomes the report by the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland

18 September 2018

GSOC welcomes the report by the CFPI into the Future of Policing in Ireland

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GSOC’s 2017 Annual Report has been published

25 July 2018

The twelfth annual report of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has been published

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GSOC has launched a public interest inquiry into reports of the temporary loss of an official garda issue sub-machine gun in Dublin city cen...

11 July 2018

GSOC has launched a public interest investigation into the alleged loss and return of a garda sub-machine gun

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Report following a complaint made by Mr. Henry McCourt, nephew of the late Fr. Niall Molloy who died on the 8th of July 1985 in Clara, Count...

9 July 2018

In June 2016 GSOC admitted for investigation a complaint on behalf of relatives of the late Fr. Niall Molloy who died in Offaly in 1985

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The report of the independent inquiry by Mr. Justice Frank Clarke into the conduct of designated officers of the Ombudsman Commission in an ...

6 July 2018

Mr. Justice Frank Clarke had undertaken an inquiry under section 109 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 into the conduct of designated officers ...

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Clarification on O’Farrell update report

30 May 2018

GSOC has issued a clarification into the s.103 report into the death of the late Shane O'Farrell

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Fatal shooting at Cherrywood Co Dublin on Sunday 20 May 2018 – update on Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) investigation

23 May 2018

An investigation by GSOC into the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old man at Cherrywood Business Park, Co Dublin o...

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GSOC offices to be closed until Monday 5th March due to red weather warning

28 February 2018

GSOC offices to be closed Thursday 1st & Friday 2nd March

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GSOC chair Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring has appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice & Equality

28 February 2018

GSOC has submitted a detailed business case for additional staff to the Department of Justice and Equality.

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GSOC has published its annual reports in respect of internal and external protected disclosures

21 February 2018

Under Section 22 of the Disclosures Act 2014 each public body is required to publish annual figures of the number of protected disclosures

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GSOC has published its submission to the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland.

5 February 2018

The submission to the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland echos GSOC's recent call for radical change

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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission calls for radical overhaul of legislation

19 January 2018

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has called for a radical overhaul of the legislation governing its operations

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