Appeals by Waterford-based garda who had sex in station overturned by Supreme Court

Garda Commissioner had brought appeals over the earlier decisions by both the High Court and the Court of Appeal

The Garda Commissioner has won a Supreme Court appeal over efforts to dismiss a garda who engaged in a sexual act with a woman while on duty in a garda station. Picture: iStock

The Garda Commissioner has won a Supreme Court appeal over efforts to dismiss a garda who engaged in a sexual act with a woman while on duty in a garda station.

The court overturned decisions by both the High Court and the Court of Appeal which found the decision by the Garda Commissioner that Garda Raymond Hegarty of Lismore Garda Station should either resign or be dismissed because of conduct likely to undermine public confidence in the force.