Trainee gardaí involved in handcuffing at Templemore to challenge their dismissal

All four submit that they did engage in an exercise in consensual handcuffing of a fellow student — but in the context of being urged by an instructor to practice handcuffing outside scheduled courses

At the High Court this week, Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty granted permission to the four trainees to challenge their dismissals. Picture: iStock

Four trainee gardaí who had contracts terminated by An Garda Síochána after they handcuffed a fellow student at the Garda College in Templemore last year have been granted High Court permission to challenge their dismissals.

At the High Court this week, Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty granted permission to the four trainees — Rory Callaghan, David Hanley, Alan Kenny, and Darragh O’Connell — to challenge their dismissals.