I deserve his pension benefits, says dead garda’s ex

THE first wife of a deceased garda who has been refused her husband’s pension benefits took her case to garda headquarters in Dublin’s Phoenix Park yesterday.

Kathleen Delaney, 59, was married to Detective Garda James Delaney for 24 years until their divorce in 1998. During the relationship the couple had two children who are grown up.

Mr Delaney married another woman in 1999. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2002 and died, aged 50, in January 2003.