Detective claims Garda chief is biased against him

A DETECTIVE garda sergeant has claimed that a chief superintendent was personally biased against him in the handling of his application for higher rank.

Det Sgt Fergus Treanor, who is officially stationed in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, has brought a High Court challenge claiming bias over how his application for promotion to Garda inspector was dealt with.

He is seeking an order quashing a promotional assessment form on him because, he says, the assessment process had been improperly conducted and is heavily tainted with bias.