Garda whistleblower loses case

Garda whistleblower John Wilson yesterday lost his High Court claim that he should not have been subject to disciplinary proceedings arising from his attendance, while an off-duty garda, at district court proceedings in Cavan.

Garda whistleblower loses case

Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley noted the court had been told events in this case did not relate to John Wilson’s departure from An Garda Síochána last year. Mr Wilson is one of the whistleblowers in the Garda penalty points controversy.

Mr Wilson, with an address in Cavan town, had challenged findings of May 2012 that he breached Garda discipline in refusing to say why he attended a special sitting of Virginia District Court in Cavan courthouse that January.

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