Ex-garda in prison for inciting rape admits to unauthorised disclosure of PULSE data

In July, the former garda, Shane Flanagan admitted two counts of inciting two men to rape a woman, who had been a friend

At the Central Criminal Court at the end of July, the court heard that Mr Flanagan impersonated a female colleague online and encouraged strangers to come to her house to rape her and her young daughters. File photo: Liam Burke/Press 22

A former Garda jailed in July for inciting strangers to rape a colleague has pleaded guilty to the unauthorised disclosure of Garda PULSE personal data on two individuals.

At Ennis Circuit Court on Thursday, Shane Flanagan, aged 39 with an address in Ennis, Co Clare, pleaded guilty to two counts out of 14 counts before the court.