Probe of serious abuse claims made by Garda ‘whistleblowers’

AN assistant Garda commissioner has been appointed to lead an official investigation into alleged activities of certain gardaí in Co Cavan.

The probe is understood to centre on claims that Garda members in the district failed to investigate serious crimes, including false imprisonment.

The startling complaints were made through the Garda whistleblower system set up in the wake of the Garda abuses in Donegal.