Senior garda in High Court to halt media leak probe

A senior member of An Garda Síochána who is the subject of investigation over highly sensitive information being allegedly passed to the media has launched a High Court challenge aimed at halting the probe.

The action has been brought by Superintendent David Taylor who was in charge of the Garda Press Office between July 2012 and June 2014.

Supt Taylor is being investigated in relation to alleged breaches of Section 62 of the Garda Síochána Act and the 1998 Data Protection Act as well as alleged breaches of Garda discipline arising out of how sensitive information was passed to the media by An Garda Síochána on October 21, 2013.