Internal probe into garda whistleblower claims launched

Nóirín O’Sullivan appointed chief superintendent to handle protected disclosures

Garda Commissioner Nóirín OSullivan and inset Garda Nick Keogh

A chief superintendent is to launch an internal investigation into claims that a garda whistleblower in Co Westmeath has been the victim of a two-year harassment campaign.

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan appointed Chief Superintendent Tony McLoughlin to handle protected disclosures last month, following a bruising dressing down from thePolicing Authority in the wake of the O’Higgins report.

Whistleblower Garda Nick Keogh claimed in a recent letter to Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald that every effort ...