Complaints by female gardaí are on the rise
The station which saw the largest decrease in members between January and October was the Cork city garda divisional headquarters on Anglesea St.
The Cork city and county garda divisions saw a loss of 20 members within the first 10 months of 2025, with complaints from female members within the force rising by more than 22% on a national scale when compared to last year.
Figures provided to by way of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request show that across Cork city, there was a total loss of 14 members between Anglesea St, Ballincollig, Blackrock, Blarney, Bridewell, Douglas, Gurranabraher, Mayfield and Togher.
The station which saw the largest decrease in members between January and October was the Cork city garda divisional headquarters on Anglesea St, which lost four members, followed by Ballincollig and Togher, which both lost two members each, and Blackrock, Blarney, Bridewell, Douglas, Gurranabraher, and Mayfield, which all lost one member each.
While the divisional headquarters saw the largest shift, the command and control centre at Anglesea St saw an increase of five members, bringing the total net loss in the city to nine members.
The figures further showed that across Cork county, there was a total loss of six members between Bandon, Cobh, Fermoy, Kanturk and Millstreet, with Cobh seeing the largest loss at two members, and a loss of one member each across Bandon, Fermoy, Kanturk and Millstreet.
There was also an increase of one member seen at the Midleton station, bringing the total net loss within the county to five members.
On a national scale, there were 22 complaints made within the force by female members this year, across the three categories of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment, with five complaints made by male members.
This represents an increase of 22.2% on the number of complaints made by female members within the force at the end of 2024, when the figure stood at 18.
Meanwhile, the number of complaints made by male members in 2025 decreased by 44.4% when compared to complaints made in 2024, when the figure stood at nine.
Looking at the gap between complaints made by male and female members across 2024 and 2025, there were nine more complaints made by women last year, and 17 more made by women this year.
This represents an 89% increase on the gender gap in relation to complaints made by garda members within a one-year period.
This year, there were 18 complaints made by female members under the category of bullying, one complaint made under the category of harassment and three complaints made under the category of sexual harassment.
There were additionally five complaints made by male members under the category of bullying, and no complaints made my male members under the categories of harassment or sexual harassment.
Under the bullying category, all five complaints made my male members were forwarded to an investigation, of which all are currently ongoing.
Of the 18 bullying complaints made by female members, 14 were forwarded to an investigation, of which seven are currently ongoing.
Two of the complaints made by women under the bullying category were upheld after the conclusion of an investigation, five were not upheld after the conclusion of an investigation, two required mediation in lieu of an investigation and two were withdrawn.
Under the harassment category, the one complaint made by a female member was forwarded to an investigation, which concluded with the complaint being upheld.
Under the sexual harassment category, the three complaints made by female members were forwarded to an investigation, of which two are currently ongoing.
The one remaining complaint under the sexual harassment category was upheld on conclusion of an investigation.
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