Garda whistleblower Lois West settles WRC case with State after 2½ years
Lois West, a woman and senior Garda analyst who served as joint deputy head of the Garda Síochána Analysis Service, settled her employment rights claims against the State at the Workplace Relations Commission in Dublin on 6 July 2026. She alleged she was penalised, harassed and sexually harassed by her former line manager Andrew O'Sullivan, and had her sick pay withdrawn after testifying to the Oireachtas Justice Committee in March 2018 about errors in official homicide data, alongside colleague Laura Galligan. The State robustly denied the allegations. The case had previously collapsed in 2024 and was reopened before adjudicator McGrath in November 2025. The settlement was announced at the start of what was to be a five-day hearing at Lansdowne House.
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Lois West was a senior Garda analyst and joint deputy head of the Garda Síochána Analysis Service at assistant principal grade.
- She alleged she was penalised at work, harassed and sexually harassed by her former line manager Andrew O'Sullivan, and had her sick pay withdrawn after testifying to the Oireachtas Justice Committee in March 2018 about errors in official homicide data.
- West and colleague Laura Galligan went public on the misclassification of homicides in Garda records in that testimony.
- The State robustly denied the allegations and statutory complaints.
- West settled her employment rights claims with the State, with the parties reaching a written compromise and settlement of the WRC proceedings.
- Where
- The hearing took place at Lansdowne House in Dublin.
- When
- The case had previously collapsed in 2024 and was reopened before adjudicator McGrath in November 2025.
- The settlement was announced on 6 July 2026 at the start of what was to be a five-day hearing.
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- The case was heard at the Workplace Relations Commission.
12 statements extracted from the articles
- whatLois West is a senior Garda analyst (irishtimes.com)
- whatShe was penalised at work for testifying to the Oireachtas on errors in official homicide data nine years ago (irishtimes.com)
- whatShe settled her employment rights claims with the State (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe parties reached a compromise and settlement of the WRC proceedings (irishtimes.com)
- whatWest was joint deputy head of the Garda Síochána Analysis Service at assistant principal grade (irishtimes.com)
- whatWest alleged a failure to impose protective measures when she was harassed and sexually harassed by a superior (irishtimes.com)
- whatSick pay was withdrawn from West (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe State robustly denied the allegations and statutory complaints (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe hearing took place at Lansdowne House in Dublin (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe case reopened before adjudicator McGrath in November 2025 (irishtimes.com)
- whenWest and colleague Laura Galligan went public on the misclassification of homicides in Garda records in testimony to the Oireachtas Justice Committee in March 2018 (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe case was heard at the Workplace Relations Commission (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 6 Jul2026Garda whistleblower settles WRC case with State after 2½ years
Reports the settlement of the WRC proceedings, the withdrawal of statutory complaints, and provides background on the case history including the 2024 collapse and 2025 reopening.
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