Retired superintendent and four gardaí charged with attempting to pervert course of justice

Charges centre around fixed charge penalty points and one of the accused is a former manager of the Waterford senior football team

Retired Superintendent Eamon O'Neill, pictured here in 2005, is charged with 30 out of the 42 alleged offences. Photo: Liam Burke/Press 22

A retired Garda Superintendent, two Garda Sergeants, and two gardaí are to face trials after they were each charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice before Limerick District Court.

The investigation, into alleged wrongdoing by Garda members in the Southern region, is being led by the Dublin-based Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (GNBCI), under the direction of Detective Chief Superintendent Walter O’Sullivan.