‘I had to clear my name’ - Retired garda says he’s been falsely accused of abuse

A former garda, who has been at the centre of high-profile allegations of child sexual abuse and covering up the murder of a newborn baby, has gone public in order to clear his name.

Frank Mullen, a founder of the Garda Representative Association, has told the Irish Examiner that all of the allegations made against him are completely false.

He, along with 11 other individuals in Dalkey, Co Dublin, were accused by Cynthia Owen of being involved a paedophile ring to which she was hired out as a child by her parents.