Former superintendent sent text messages to others about possible road offences, trial hears

Retired superintendent Eamon O’Neill, and four serving gardaí, are accused of a total of 39 counts of “engaging in conduct tending and intended to pervert the course of justice”.

Retired Garda superintendent Eamon O'Neill. File Picture: Press 22

A trial of four gardaí and a retired superintendent heard today that hundreds of screenshots of WhatsApp messages between the accused former superintendent and others, were captured by gardaí investigating alleged unlawful interference in potential or pending road traffic prosecutions.

Retired superintendent Eamon O’Neill, and four serving gardaí, Sergeant Anne Marie Hassett, Sergeant Michelle Leahy, Garda Tom McGlinchey and Garda Colin Geary, are accused of a total of 39 counts of “engaging in conduct tending and intended to pervert the course of justice”.