Limerick detective’s dismissal for rules breach quashed

Mr Justice Iseult O’ Malley said that internal disciplinary proceedings against Det Brian Culbert should be reheard by a differently constituted Garda board of inquiry.
The detective had been involved in the investigation of serious crime in Limerick and acted as a handler for an informant. It was alleged he breached Garda rules as to how informants are handled, was ordered by his superiors to stop but, in what was a complex situation, ignored those orders.