Treatment of Maurice McCabe's protected disclosures manager has 'echoes of Kafka', court told

John Barrett said he also became aware, in the course of his work, of financial irregularities in the Garda college in Templemore and reported those in 2017

Assistant Commissioner (AC) Fintan Fanning alleges that Mr Barrett had threatened him in November 2017, arising from a dispute between the two men over the selection process for the Armed Response Unit, she said. File photo

The treatment of a senior human resources manager in the Garda Siochána has "echoes of Kafka" and is "unfair", the High Court has been told.

John Barrett's dismissal has been recommended by the Garda Commissioner over behaviour which an external investigator concluded last year amounted to serious misconduct. Mr Barrett's counsel Mark Harty said his client's treatment amounts to a “clear punishment” of him for making protected disclosures and has "echoes of Kafka".