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Case No. 29736Corruption · Co. Limerick

DPP directs no prosecution in Limerick corruption case

A retired mid-west superintendent was arrested in May 2019 by NBCI detectives as part of a wide-ranging probe into corruption among gardaí in the mid-west. He was allegedly involved in assisting another garda in passing information about garda operations to a criminal organisation, and was brought to Athlone Garda Station for interview. The superintendent, a well-known figure in the destruction of the McCarthy/Dundon and Keane/Collopy gangs, resigned from the gardaí and spent 100 days in a mental hospital as an inpatient. In October 2021, the DPP directed gardaí not to charge him with corruption.

  1. Reported
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

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What happened
The superintendent allegedly assisted another garda in passing information about garda operations to a criminal organisation.
Where
The superintendent was brought to Athlone Garda Station for interview.
When
The superintendent was arrested in May 2019 and interrogated by NBCI detectives.
Investigation
  • The investigation was a wide-ranging NBCI probe into corruption among gardaí in the mid-west.
  • Garda specialists allegedly bugged Garda stations and private vehicles of serving gardaí.
Other details
  • The DPP directed gardaí not to charge the retired superintendent with corruption.
  • The superintendent was a well-known figure in the destruction of the McCarthy/Dundon and Keane/Collopy gangs.
  • The superintendent has resigned from the gardaí.
  • The superintendent spent 100 days in a mental hospital as an inpatient.
9 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe superintendent allegedly assisted another garda in passing information about garda operations to a criminal organisation (thejournal.ie)
  • whereThe superintendent was brought to Athlone Garda Station for interview (thejournal.ie)
  • whenThe superintendent was arrested in May 2019 and interrogated by NBCI detectives (thejournal.ie)
  • investigationThe investigation was a wide-ranging NBCI probe into corruption among gardaí in the mid-west (thejournal.ie)
  • investigationGarda specialists allegedly bugged Garda stations and private vehicles of serving gardaí (thejournal.ie)
  • otherThe DPP directed gardaí not to charge a retired superintendent with corruption (thejournal.ie)
  • otherThe superintendent was a well-known figure in the destruction of the McCarthy/Dundon and Keane/Collopy gangs (thejournal.ie)
  • otherThe superintendent has resigned from the gardaí (thejournal.ie)
  • otherThe superintendent spent 100 days in a mental hospital as an inpatient (thejournal.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 8 Oct2021
    Otherthejournal.ie, first report
    Former superintendent will not face corruption charges as DPP directs no prosecution

    Reports the DPP's decision to direct no prosecution in the corruption case against a retired mid-west superintendent, including criticism from his solicitor Dan O'Gorman that the investigation was bungled and unnecessarily protracted.

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