High Court quashes Garda Commissioner decision to sack Garda for breaches of discipline

A decision of the Garda Commissioner that a garda should be sacked if he did not resign for breaches of discipline including an allegation of sexual impropriety has been quashed by the High Court.

Mon, 22 May, 2017 - 17:13

A decision of the Garda Commissioner that a garda should be sacked if he did not resign for breaches of discipline including an allegation of sexual impropriety has been quashed by the High Court, writes Ann O'Loughlin of the Irish Examiner.

Cork-based Garda Colm O'Flaherty today won his High Court challenge against the Commissioner’s decision of 2014 that he resign or face being dismissed after Garda O'Flaherty made certain admissions before a garda Board of Inquiry into alleged breaches of discipline.