Special Detective Unit

Garda Special Detective Unit
Irish: Aonad Speisialta Bleachtaireachta
Agency overview
Formed	11 July 1921 as the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
Preceding agency	Garda Special Branch;
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Headquarters	Harcourt Street, Dublin (D2); 53°20′03.5″N 6°15′50.3″W
Employees	Undisclosed; ~ 300
Annual budget	Undisclosed (part of Garda Síochána budget, €1.34 billion in 2014)
Minister responsible	Helen McEntee, TD, Minister for Justice;
Agency executives	Drew Harris, Garda Commissioner; John O'Mahoney, Assistant Commissioner of Crime and Security;
Parent agency	Crime & Security Branch; Garda Síochána
Website	Official website

The Special Detective Unit (SDU) (Irish: Aonad Speisialta Bleachtaireachta) is the main domestic security agency of the Garda Síochána, the national police force of Ireland, under the aegis of the Crime & Security Branch (CSB). It is the primary counter-terrorism and counter-espionage investigative unit within the state. The Special Detective Unit superseded the Special Branch (which they are still commonly referred to as), which itself replaced the older Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which was founded in 1921. They work in conjunction with the Defence Forces Directorate of Military Intelligence (J2) – Ireland's national intelligence service – on internal matters. The unit's headquarters are in Harcourt Street, Dublin City.

The Emergency Response Unit (ERU), a specialist armed tactical unit, was a division of the SDU until 2017 when the Special Tactics and Operational Command took over command of the unit.

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