Garda Superintendent cleared of assault, but charged with public order offence 

Sentencing was adjourned until October 8 for the judge to consider the ramifications of applying the Probation Act. Judge Hughes also asked prosecuting counsel John Griffin to provide clarity on that issue and how it would impact Garda vetting. File picture: Derick Hudson

A Garda Superintendent has been cleared of assaulting a bar manager and racially abusing a bouncer at a popular Dublin bar, but found guilty of a lesser public order offence.

Gavin O'Reilly, 41, from Cavan, whose address on his summons is Phoenix Park, denied assaulting the Penny Lane manager Emma Parks, under section 2 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, and engaging in threatening, abusive, and insulting behaviour on the same occasion.