Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman,  launches its inaugural research report on Incidents of Death and Serious Harm 2024. The report examines incidents involving contact with gardaí where a member of the public has died or been seriously injured.

In 2024, 37 statutory referrals of incidents of death or serious harm were reported by An Garda Síochána to Fiosrú’s predecessor body, GSOC. These incidents involved 42 people, 21 of whom died, with 21 seriously harmed.

The figures show that vulnerability and crisis were central features in many of the incidents.