A Garda Chief Superintendant has said he was “very upset” that a bullying claim was made against him by a Garda whistleblower and described an allegation linking him to missing DVD evidence as “daft and without basis”.

An explosive report into alleged collusion between gardaí and a convicted drugs trafficker will be completed in the coming weeks.

THE system for handling garda informants is to be overhauled this year under a major new initiative.