Commissioner pays tribute to gardaí who saved Cork woman from violent stalker

Harassment victim Una Ring at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, flanked by Sergeant John Sharkey and Insp Eoghan Healy.

The Garda Commissioner has personally congratulated the gardaí who were involved in the surveillance and capture of a man moments before he was about to break into a woman’s home to rape her.

Drew Harris visited Youghal Garda Station in East Cork to personally meet and thank the officers who were involved in the operation which led to the arrest last July and ultimate jailing last Thursday of James Steele.