Garda faces community service for data breach

A sacked garda who passed on confidential information and illegally held a shotgun has been ordered to carry out community service in lieu of jail.

Daniel Tarrant, aged 51, personally and indirectly accessed confidential data on the Garda system to give to retail security firms who were clients of his partner.

Det Sgt Tommy Murphy said the garda’s motivation had been to help his partner preserve a good business relationship with the firms as she had no license to provide security services.