Senior garda bid to destroy whistleblower requires dramatic response, says Fianna Fáil

A campaign by senior gardaí to destroy a whistleblower has “grave and extremely serious” consequences for the force, the Dáil has heard.

Frances Fitzgerald

The allegations, revealed in the Irish Examiner, about the treatment of garda whistleblowers, requires a “dramatic response” from Government. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said the allegations go “above and beyond an investigation into wrongdoing” and must be dealt with in that light.

It was revealed that two protected disclosures by senior gardaí referenced a campaign that included spreading false, scandalous and damaging allegations against the whistleblower.