Garda forced to quit due to bullying

A 43-YEAR-OLD garda has been forced to quit the force because of a campaign of bullying and harassment.

It involved the shredding of his uniform in his locker, anonymous notes being placed on his desk and a digitally-manipulated photo of him wearing a priest’s collar with the slogan ‘Have the gardaí gone soft?’

The Dublin-based psychiatrist Dr Michael Corry, who details the case in his new book on depression, said there had been a flurry of activity after the garda made a complaint against a senior garda colleague.