Commissioner to get report into Sargent intervention

GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy is expected to receive a report into the Trevor Sargent’s intervention in a Garda prosecution within a week.

It is not clear what will happen on receipt of the report and whether any investigation could be initiated against the former Green minister of state.

It is illegal under the law for anyone – bar certain parties – to communicate with gardaí in an effort to influence a decision to withdraw or not to initiate a prosecution.