Trinity student challenges incorrect conviction contained on Garda vetting disclosure

A university student has brought a High Court challenge over what she says is the wrongful inclusion of a criminal conviction against her on a disclosure issued by the Garda National Vetting Bureau.

Kathleen Joyce, who is in her third year of studying for a degree in social studies at Trinity College Dublin, has brought proceedings over the disclosure which states she was convicted of theft and received an 18-week custodial sentence from a Welsh court in November 2017.