Not Irish or a lawyer but I would expect their DPP to have very similar powers to their English friends allowing takeover of private prosecutions. With the ca

Not Irish or a lawyer but I would expect their DPP to have very similar powers to their English friends allowing takeover of private prosecutions. With the caveat that Irish private prosecutions are a much less well-trodden path. Edit- not that it matters here, since it’s a regular criminal complaint to the garda and not a private prosecutions at all.