Garda wins appeal against dismissal for alleged cocaine use

A Garda disciplinary committee deemed that he had taken cocaine in a Limerick bar and should be dismissed, but the garda inspector has now successfully appeal against that decision.

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A garda inspector has won his appeal against a recommendation to dismiss him over an allegation that he snorted cocaine in a Limerick bar.

The appeal has cleared Inspector Arthur Ryan of any drug use and the Garda Commissioner is now expected to lift the suspension Mr Ryan had been under since his arrest in 2019.