Gardaí ‘withheld information’ in Clare Daly inquiry

Claims by the Garda Ombudsman that it has been denied access to information by gardaí in serious investigations includes their inquiry into a complaint from Clare Daly TD, the Irish Examiner understands.

The north Dublin deputy lodged a complaint with the commission last February in connection with her arrest for suspected drink driving and the leaking of that incident to the media.

In a separate case, the police watchdog claimed that the gardaí denied it access to information in relation to an investigation into a serious sexual assault on a minor.