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7 September 2026
PCSA pays tribute to former Authority member Ken O’Leary
27 August 2026
Recent motorway incidents and related policing and community safety matters
18 August 2026
Scope and terms for management and storage of biological samples published for PCSA inspections
4 August 2026
PCSA publishes 2025 Annual Assessment of Policing Performance
30 July 2026
Templemore hosts private meeting between Authority and Garda Commissioner
29 July 2026
PCSA Authority members and staff given tour of Templemore Garda College
24 July 2026
Scope and terms for policing of bail conditions published for PCSA inspections
16 July 2026
Policing and Community Safety Authority’s first Annual Report
25 June 2026
Watch – Meeting in public with Garda Commissioner
25 June 2026
PCSA publishes assessment of Garda Homicide Review
23 June 2026
Watch – Policing Priorities Consultations Outcome Report published as PSCA hosts Conversation event
24 June 2026
PCSA to meet Garda Commissioner in public in Dublin
2 June 2026
PCSA funds major new research on ‘mate crime’
29 May 2026
PCSA to meet with Garda Commissioner in Private
30 April 2026
Watch – PCSA questions gardaí on policing of protests, response to domestic violence
30 April 2026
Read – Irish Examiner interview with PCSA Chair Elaine Byrne
23 April 2026
PCSA to hold Authority meeting with Garda Commissioner in Cork
10 April 2026
Scope and terms of reference published for first PCSA inspections
3 March 2026
Watch – PCSA addresses the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence
26 February 2026
Watch – PCSA meets in public with Garda Commissioner
26 February 2026
PCSA publishes three-year Strategy Statement and 2026 Inspection Plan
24 February 2026
Review of Recommendations on Countering the Threat of Internal Corruption
19 February 2026
PCSA publishes Policing Priorities for An Garda Síochána for 2026-28
27 January 2026
PCSA Year in Review 2025
26 January 2026
PCSA to meet with Garda Commissioner in Private
16 December 2025
PCSA publishes Assessment of Policing Performance
27 November 2025
Watch: Garda Commissioner meets PCSA in public in Wexford
20 November 2025
Read: PCSA Chair Elaine Byrne’s interview in the Irish Farmers Journal
13 November 2025
PCSA to hold Authority meeting in Wexford with Garda Commissioner
3 October 2025
Public consultation opens for PCSA Draft Strategy 2026-2028
25 September 2025
PCSA holds first meeting with Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly
1 September 2025
Read: Chairperson Elaine Byrne writes for the Irish Times
14 August 2025
PCSA Statement on Crowe Report
5 August 2025
PCSA meets Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in public for final time
29 July 2025
PCSA welcomes new Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly
23 June 2025
PCSA publishes Assessment of Policing Performance during 2024
10 June 2025
Almost 4,000 give views on Policing Priorities
29 May 2025
PCSA holds meeting in public with senior gardaí
23 May 2025
Tickets available for first public PCSA meeting with gardaí
20 May 2025
PCSA continues consultation events in Clonmel and Tullamore
9 May 2025
PCSA begins in-person consultations on Policing Priorities
29 April 2025
Have Your Say: Ireland’s Policing Priorities for 2026-2028
8 April 2025
Watch: A message from CEO Helen Hall
2 April 2025
Policing and Community Safety Authority Established Today
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