Angry clashes over officer case

The Garda Ombudsman and Garda Representative Authority (GRA) have clashed angrily after the acquittal of an officer on assault charges and claims that the watchdog ran an excessive and oppressive investigation.

The GRA levelled a string of fierce accusations at the oversight body after Garda Brendan Whitty was cleared of baton-whipping a drug user in an arrest hours before he died.