Trial date set for corruption case involving Limerick garda and businessman

It is alleged the garda received a financial payment or gift from the businessman in return for tipping him off about a Criminal Assets Bureau inquiry into a car sales business

Detective Garda David Bourke (pictured) was arrested at a location in Co. Tipperary and questioned at Shannon Garda Station, Co. Clare. File photo: Press 22

A Limerick detective Garda and a businessman are to go on trial in May next year charged with corruption offences.

The trial date, May 2, 2023, was fixed when the case was brought up for mention before Ms Justice Patricia Ryan in Court 7 of the Criminal Courts of Justice on Tuesday.