Gsoc Challenges Costs Ruling in Crash Case

Legal Costs of Defendants in Failed Prosecutions THE Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) has filed a High Court action against having to pay the €8,610 legal costs of a couple who had charges of supplying it with false information thrown out of court. Although...

GSOC probe was one-sided, says judge

A judge yesterday described a GSOC investigation into a road traffic accident, involving an off-duty garda in 2013, as “one of the most one-sided I have ever seen”. Judge Kevin Kilrane yesterday told Sligo District Court GSOC had “ignored” vital evidence, and the way...

GSOC case against couple struck out in Sligo court

Charges against a couple accused of giving false and misleading information to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) were struck out yesterday by a judge who criticised Garda witnesses in the case. Following four hours of evidence at Sligo District Court,...