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KRW LAW statement on Gardai Armory Section Protected Disclosures
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KRW LAW statement on Gardai Armory Section Protected Disclosures

17 Jul KRW LAW statement on Gardai Armory Section Protected Disclosures

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We act on behalf of a former serving Gardai officer who acted as a “whistleblower” on serious irregularities within the Armoury Section of Gardai on defective holsters and other linked matters.

As a result, he found himself the subject of a contrived prosecution taken in a bid to silence him.

Our client will fully contest the charges levied against him and looks forward to a jury trial when he can give his account of serious internal wrongdoing.

Earlier this year he issued a High Court plenary summons against his former employers seeking damages for the loss, distress and anxiety he’s been subjected to over the past few years.

He is greatly encouraged today following the call made by Senator Michael McDowell SC in the Seanad for these thematically linked issues to be brought into the public domain.

Speaking today after hearing this mornings’ Seanad proceedings, Irish Human Rights

Solicitor Kevin Winters said,

“We fully endorse Senator McDowell’s call for increased scrutiny on serious issues around Gardai irregularities. We have spoken with our client this morning following the comments made and we are pleased to report he is greatly encouraged with what he’s heard.

It had been a lonely and difficult journey for him to get to this point. He’s been ostracised and vilified for taking a firm stand on what he sees as serious wrongdoing.

It means an awful lot to him to hear someone of the stature of Senator McDowell refer to him as an officer of “the utmost good character… facing charges which appear to be motivated by a desire to conceal abuses in the armoury section”.

Equally depressing is reference to the lack of any culture change within Gardai in the aftermath of the Sgt Maurice McCabe case. Following today’s significant call by The Senator we now call upon the DPP to review its decision to persist with the indictment against our client. Using the criminal justice system to try and silence an honest

Gardai officer is not a good look. We wholeheartedly endorse this morning’s call for our client’s case to be brought into the public domain together with an urgent debate later in September.