The DPP has advised there’ll be no prosecution against claims of alleged voter irregularities in Kerry relating to the 2019 local elections.
The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) opened the investigation in May of 2019, following allegations relating to the supplementary register.
It’s now been confirmed that following a five-year investigation, the Direction of Public Prosecution made the decision in June of last year.
The allegations investigated centred on a person who gathered application forms for prospective voters and got them stamped by a Garda.
This was so those people could be included on the supplementary register in Kerry ahead of the 2019 local elections.
The law requires a person to be present when a Garda stamps such a form, but it was alleged the people seeking to be placed on the register weren’t present when the Garda stamped the forms.
It’s understood the allegations related to the Killarney Local Electoral Area.
The supplementary register in Kerry contained over 2,700 names when released in advance of those local elections.
Earlier this year, Fiosrú the Office of the Police Ombudsman took on the role of dealing with complaints from the public where they have concerns about Garda members, a role that was previously carried out by GSOC.
Fiosrú confirmed that a file was forwarded to the DPP in July 2023 and in June of last year the DPP advised no prosecution; Fiosrú says all the parties were notified and the case was closed.
