Drink-drive arrest ‘embarrassing’

THE arrest last week of a senior road traffic officer on suspicion of drink driving was “embarrassing” for the force, the garda association said yesterday.

Drink-drive arrest ‘embarrassing’
Tue, 03 Apr, 2007 - 01:00
Cormac O’Keeffe

But the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) supported Superintendent Jim Fitzgerald’s entitlement to retire on a full pension of €46,000 and a once-off gratuity of around €135,000.

“Indeed it is embarrassing, not only for the superintendent himself but for the organisation in general,” said AGSI president Paschal Feeney.

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