Gardaí want Dáil record on TD arrest corrected

A letter from the Garda Ombudsman, quoted in the Dáil by Mick Wallace, stating that gardaí were not co-operating with an investigation into the arrest of TD Clare Daly is almost two years old, it has emerged.

The letter has been read into the Dáil by Wexford TD Mick Wallace, an act Garda representatives claim is an abuse of Dáil privilege.

After being approached by the media, including the Irish Examiner, with reports that the letter was from early May 2013, Mr Wallace yesterday published the letter, which was dated April 30, 2013.