News and statements

DCU conference shines a light on vulnerability and the accountability of the State

8 Sep 2016

GSOC Chair Justice Mary Ellen Ring very much looks forward to participating in the State Accountability for Vulnerability Conference being held tomorrow, 9 Sep

6 Sep 2016

The Ombudsman Commission was delighted to meet this morning with Kate Frame, the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner for Scotland (PIRC). The PIRC...

21 Apr 2016

GSOC Chair Justice Mary Ellen Ring was happy to be invited to address the annual delegate conference of the Association of Garda Superintendents yesterday, 2...

29 Jan 2016

The Office of Government Procurement has issued an EU-wide tender, published in the Official Journal of the European Union and on the eTenders website...

14 Dec 2015

GSOC was delighted to be asked to speak at the forthcoming international seminar of police control and oversight institutions, held in Pristina, Kosovo on 8...

20 Nov 2015

The Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 was enacted on 20 November 2015. The implementation of the legislation is to be...

16 Nov 2015

Directive 2012/29/EU came into effect on 16 November 2015, giving, for the first time, a specified set of rights to victims of crime. Garda Ombudsman...

2 Oct 2015

Chair of GSOC Justice Mary Ellen Ring today opened the 18th Annual Conference of the Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development, at The...