€90k held in ‘secret’ garda account

The Garda Ombudsman has been asked to investigate suspected fraudulent activity involving a secret bank account held in the name of former gardaí.

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan told the Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that, “at its height”, the account had “€90,000-plus” in it.

The money was transferred into this account — held in Cabra, north Dublin — from a bank account in the Garda College Templemore into which EU police training funds were sent.