Three Limerick gardaí charged over alleged 'squaring away' of fixed charged notices

Latest charge bring to eight the number of gardaí arrested and charged as part of the investigation

Three accused were charged with a total of 33 counts that, while serving as a member of An Garda Síochána, they did communicate with other gardaí in a manner which had a tendency or was intended to pervert the course of public justice, on dates between 2017 and 2019.

Three serving gardaí appeared before Limerick District Court on Thursday, charged in connection with an investigation surrounding the alleged squaring away of fixed charge notices.

The investigation is being led by detectives attached to the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Dublin.