The Department of Justice has been criticised for 'ad hoc' emails about Garda whistleblowers. A new review has found there is no clear system for the filing and storage of emails - however the problems are not thought to be deliberate. That review says that the email accounts of senior officials in the Department of Justice's policing division and secretary general's office weren't searched as part of the initial request from the tribunal. The report was also critical of how the searches were carried out, saying they were done in an ad hoc manner and there was little communication at senior level in the department about interactions with the tribunal. The report does note there was no evidence of deliberate concealment or withholding of information, more that certain areas were omitted.

Source: Evening echo March 28, 2018 05:48 UTC