Senior garda used official channel to import gun parts for private club

The senior garda involved does not have any official standing within the gun club. File picture

A senior garda arranged for the importation of firearm parts in an official capacity — but, in fact, he did so on behalf of a private club, the Irish Examiner has learned.

The operation to import the parts involved obtaining authorisation from the justice minister of the day on the basis that it was for garda business.