Quashing of garda dismissal appealed

The Garda Commissioner has appealed to the Supreme Court a ruling that quashed its dismissal of a Waterford-based garda sergeant.

Last October, Sgt Martha McEnery won a Court of Appeal challenge against the Commissioner’s decision to dismiss her from the force.

Sgt McEnery was dismissed because she was given a four-month suspended sentence in 2011, following her conviction for assault during the arrest of Anthony Holness, in Waterford, in January, 2010.