Civil servant claims gardaí broke in looking for bomb

A civil servant in the Department of Justice has told a judge that gardaí who broke into his Dublin flat five years ago searched his belongings and said to him: “We are searching for bombs, bullets, and guns.”

Gerard Forbes told the Circuit Civil Court he was woken at 7.30am in the darkness of his studio apartment by raised voices and torchlight shining in his face from the window that two gardaí had used to gain entry.

Mr Forbes, of Flat 1, No 10 Bessborough Parade, Rathmines, Dublin, said he was pushed against a wardrobe and when he tried to phone a Garda station, his mobile was grabbed from him and thrown against the wall.