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Garda Ombudsman Commission

  • 12-03-2013 3:14pm
    #1
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,063 ✭✭✭✭


    The Garda Ombudsman Commission have decided to investigate the case of a Garda who was convicted of assault in Drogheda --

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0312/376199-garda-ombudsman-drogheda/

    Rightly so I would say and if he is guilty and loses his appeal the Garda Siochana are better off without lads like this.

    Now my question is --
    If the Garda Ombudsman Commission can decide to investigate this in the interest of public concern (and i agree they should) why have they not decided to investigate the very serious matter of the Penalty Points Scandal which involved senior Gardai, Senators and Judges?
    This is also a matter of Public Concern but maybe, just maybe, they are afraid to ruffle the feathers of the big boys.

    Fish of one and flesh of another comes to mind.
    Surely the GOC should investigate ALL Garda wrongdoing and others who received favours as is their remit.


Comments

  • #2
    Slyderx1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭Slyderx1


    who gets to investigate the Garda Ombudsman Commission?


  • #3
    nolottoyet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭nolottoyet


    whats in the public interest is probably decided by those mentioned above therefore no chance of it being investigated


  • #4
    Slyderx1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭Slyderx1


    The public interest is a term of political art and seldom has any basis or regard to the public or what the public should know or care about. Investigating bodies should not be immune from having their own files shaken up.


  • #5
    dermot_sheehan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭dermot_sheehan


    Slyderx1 wrote: »
    who gets to investigate the Garda Ombudsman Commission?

    A Supreme Court (or High Court) judge
    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2005/en/act/pub/0020/sec0109.html#sec109


  • #6
    Slyderx1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭Slyderx1


    lol see subsection 6 and s.110 ...No, I mean a fully resourced investigation not a report that will gather dust.


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