Suspended Limerick Garda: 'Our lives are ripped apart...our mental health is in tatters'

Three of the gardaí have had books of evidence served on them but the other five are still waiting for a decision on their fate. Picture:  Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

One of eight Limerick gardaí on suspension from duty for more than a year says he and his colleagues are in a “state of distress” after having “our identities ripped from us”.

The eight are currently on suspension as a probe is carried out by the National Bureau of Crime Investigation (NCBI) into the squaring of traffic offences in the Limerick division.