Commissioner loses appeal over suspension of garda who engaged in sex at station

Garda engaged in sexual act with woman while on duty in a Garda station

The garda, who was based in a rural station, had admitted discreditable conduct by engaging in the act with a woman who had come into the station to give a statement relating to the arrest of her sister in March 2017. File picture Denis Minihane.

The Garda Commissioner has lost an appeal over the suspension of a garda who engaged in a sexual act with a woman while on duty in a Garda station.

The commissioner had appealed a High Court decision which found the garda was unlawfully suspended.