Garda claims colleagues bullied him over ethnicity and religion

A judge has granted Garda Gao’s bid for a judicial review of decision to remove him from sick pay status, writes Michael Clifford

Garda Deming Gao says the incident on November 1, 2016, was the last straw. He was on prisoner escort duty. A prisoner was being detained in Dun Laoghaire Garda Station, due to be transferred later in the day to Cloverhill.

Garda Gao went out and bought a fast-food meal for the prisoner, as per standard procedure. He returned to the station, entered the public office, and placed the paper bag containing the meal on a counter while he signed in for it.