Operation will collate information and attempt to identify “predators”, Garda Commissioner says
The unit was set up during the IRG’s year-long review process and in consultation with military authorities. Mr Harris said complaints by retired and serving Defence Forces members were being investigated. “We were in discussions with military authorities prior to the IRG report, and this seemed to us a prudent action to take in terms of being ready to receive complaint of serious sexual assault,” the commissioner said.
Asked if the Military Police will have any role in the investigations, Mr Harris said: “We view ourselves as being competent in investigating complaints of serious sexual assault.” Some of the reports received by gardaí date back to the 1960s, Mr Harris said, and some have already been investigated.
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