Garda offenders ‘will be punished’

Disciplinary proceedings must be taken against gardaí who continued to cancel penalty points in breach of official policy, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

An internal Garda inquiry — set up following fresh allegations by garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe — last week recommended 114 cancellations by 21 current or retired gardaí required further investigation.

The two-volume reports of the Garda Professional Standards Unit probe have now gone to the Garda Ombudsman, which is conducting a massive investigation into both these allegations and previous ones made by Sgt McCabe.