Four gardaí and private citizen face charged with perverting the course of justice

The probe was initially focused on one garda but eventually took in a number of others. File photo

Four gardaí and a private citizen have been charged with perverting the course of justice following an extensive investigation in the south of the country.

 The charges are understood to be connected with an investigation into fixed charged notices (FCN) which are issued for road traffic offences. The investigation examined whether the FCNs were prosecuted after offences were detected by gardaí.