Inquiries into alleged Garda links with drug dealer

THE Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is conducting preliminary inquiries into alleged links between a convicted drug dealer and individual gardaí.

Depending on the results of these inquiries, the high-powered Garda watchdog will decide whether or not to set up a full “public interest” inquiry.

This followed the collapse last July of a case against convicted Louth drug dealer, Kieran Boylan, who was charged with trafficking heroin and cocaine worth €1.7 million in 2005.