Gardaí to speak to journalists after 'drug-takers protected' claim

Gardaí plan to speak to the journalists and editor of the Sunday Independent after reports in the newspaper that corrupt gardaí have "protected rich and public figures with drug habits, including Gerry Ryan".

The newspaper reported today that "senior figures in the Gardaí and Department of Justice privately believe that a small number of corrupt gardaí" in Dublin extended protection to high-profile drug-takers.