Former garda admits asking daughter-in-law in Revenue for information

A retired garda working as a private investigator for Quinn Insurance has admitted asking his daughter-in-law, a former Revenue Commissioners employee, to look up files of people who had claims against the insurer.

A sentence hearing of three people charged with offences under the Data Protection Act heard that gardaí were called into investigate data breaches relating to an executive of Brinks Allied security company.