Garda in Sargent affair released

A GARDA arrested over the leaking of a letter that led to the resignation of former junior minister Trevor Sargent has been released without charge, the force said.

The woman, in her early 30s, was arrested on Thursday for questioning about how correspondence from the former Green Party leader was passed to a newspaper.

She was held at Lucan Garda Station under section four of Criminal Justice Act before being released.