State must pay former Fianna Fáil MEP candidate's costs in his garda intimidation case

Kieran Hartley's motion for a judgement against the State was struck out on consent of both parties

Kieran Hartley had alleged multiple instances of aggressive, intimidatory, and threatening behaviour towards him on the part of gardaí on dates between 2002 and 2021. File picture: Denis Minihane

The State must pay costs to a former Fianna Fáil politician after failing to file a defence in a case he took last year.

Kieran Hartley, a 50-year-old Waterford native and former Fianna Fáil substitute MEP for the Ireland South constituency, had alleged multiple instances of aggressive, intimidatory, and threatening behaviour towards him on the part of gardaí on dates between 2002 and 2021.