Sergeant who took his own life was unaware he had been cleared by GSOC

Sgt Mick Galvin was found slumped in a chair in the detective’s room at Ballyshannon Garda Station, his inquest heard yesterday.

He was in full Garda uniform except for his tie.

He shot himself with a Garda-issue Sig pistol and he had left a suicide note in his own office in the same station, coroner Dr Denis McAuley was told at the inquest in Donegal town.