More than 50 gardaí were paid €100,000 overtime since 2013

A new report by the Department of Public Expenditure found that the cohort of 'over 50 individuals... have been earning over €20,000 in each of the last five years'

More than 50 gardaí have been paid at least €100,000 each in overtime over the last five years, according to a new report by the Department of Public Expenditure.

The report found that the cohort of “over 50 individuals . . . have been earning over €20,000 in each of the last five years”.

According to the report, overtime spending has increased by 185 per cent since 2013, which it says “is not ...