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# cancelled calls

Last year

2022

Review into 999 calls finds report of 'serious sexual crime' cancelled while call was in progress

A previous internal Garda review found that there were more than 200,000 cancelled 911 calls between 2019 and 2020.

21.7k

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Sep 29th 2022, 5:17 PM

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Justice Minister says 999 calls being cancelled 'should not have happened'

The Garda Commissioner yesterday issued an apology to the victims who had their 999 calls cancelled.

11.7k

Jun 25th 2021, 8:56 AM

Women's Aid says cancelled 999 calls 'troubling' as Policing Authority asks: 'If my call is cancelled, how do I know?'

Drew Harris earlier apologised to hundreds of domestic abuse victims who had their 999 calls cancelled between 2019 and 2020.

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Jun 24th 2021, 6:21 PM