Detective blocks disciplinary inquiry

A DETECTIVE at the centre of a probe into corruption in the gardaí yesterday succeeded in blocking a garda disciplinary inquiry into alleged misconduct four years ago.

The sworn oral investigation into the case of Detective Garda Noel McMahon, one of several Donegal-based gardaí at the centre of the Morris Tribunal hearings, was to have been heard in Letterkenny next Tuesday, April 29.

However, it has been postponed by order of the High Court pending determination of a judicial review challenging the legality of the inquiry.