Carey suing INM and state over privacy controversy

Move follows “rumour and innuendo surrounding a newspaper article”

Former minister Pat Carey

Former minister Pat Carey has lodged a High Court action against Independent News and Media, the Garda Commissioner, and the state.

It follows what his lawyers described in a statement last year as “rumour and innuendo surrounding a newspaper article” entitled ‘Former minister investigated by gardaí over child abuse claims’.

The 58-year-old politician stepped down as Fianna Fáil’s director of elections after the story was published in the Irish Independent on November 11, ...