Interview ‘hugely distressed’ Garda sergeant

Michael Hegarty, who regularly represents members of the force facing disciplinary and criminal inquiries, said it was clear Sgt Galvin was blameless but the GSOC process caused him “huge distress”.
Sgt Galvin shot himself at Ballyshannon Garda Station in Co Donegal on Thursday last week, a week after he was interviewed by GSOC in relation to an incident in the early hours of New Year’s Day when a local woman, Sheena Stewart, was knocked down and killed.