Senior garda accused of snorting cocaine has 3.5-year suspension lifted

Lifting of suspension comes 10 days after appeal board ruled there was no evidence to support the allegation Inspector Arthur Ryan had ingested the drug in a Limerick bar in January 2019

It was open to commissioner Drew Harris to still dismiss the garda, as has been done in other cases, but he ultimately decided to accept the appeal board recommendation.

A garda inspector who had been accused of snorting cocaine has had his three-and-a-half year suspension lifted with immediate effect, the Irish Examiner has learned. 

The lifting of the suspension came 10 days after an appeal board ruled there was no evidence to support the allegation that Inspector Arthur Ryan had ingested the drug.