Mick Clifford: Why did the Garda disciplinary process over bike-gate take so long?
Circumstances may be bizarre, even comical, but old issues within An Garda Síochána arise again in a needlessly drawn out internal investigation
Just because a garda is not criminally culpable for an infraction does not mean he or she cannot be found to have breached discipline and be liable for sanction. In this case, however, it must have been obvious from early on that a major error, and injustice, had occurred.
The story of the garda, the farmer, his bike and the farce has captured the public imagination in recent weeks.
Most people simply ask, how could it happen, how could a member of An Garda Síochána acting in the best interests of community policing have his life and career turned upside down?
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