Drew Harris defends decision to investigate garda who lent bike to elderly man during covid

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris old the Public Accounts Committee: 'The problem is all the facts as they were initially known are not in the public domain.'

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has defended a decision to investigate a garda in the midlands for lending a bicycle from Garda stores to a pensioner, saying not all the facts are in the public domain.

Mr Harris said he could not agree with the criticism of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) that the decision to conduct a disciplinary process on the garda sergeant based in the midlands “lacked common sense and proportionality”.