The caseload of whistleblower complaints requiring investigation by the Garda Ombudsman doubled last year. Figures published by GSOC show that it received 24 protected disclosures in 2018, compared to 22 in 2017. These numbers were a major surge on previous years, with GSOC receiving nine cases in 2016 and four cases over 2014 and 2015. The GSOC Protected Disclosures report for 2018 shows that there were nine cases in 2016, which brought to 31 the number of files on hand in 2017. GSOC said the first full-time GSOC investigators were allocated to its new Protected Disclosures Unit in March 2018.

Source: Irish Examiner April 02, 2019 18:56 UTC