'Media leaks' should not distract from 'gross mismanagement of State assets' at Garda College

Gsoc is conducting an investigation into the financial management of the Garda College in Templemore. Picture: Andy Jay

A former head of Garda human resources has claimed that “pointed media leaks” serve as a distraction from one of the worst examples of “gross mismanagement of State assets” in Irish history.

Stories that ran in multiple media outlets about an ongoing Gsoc investigation into the financial management of the Garda College in Templemore “serve to dilute and deflect public attention” from the “financial misappropriate” activities at the college, according to John Barrett.