Ireland Crime

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Accused

Offences

Drink-driving; unauthorised dissemination of private information

Where

Co. Kildare

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1 report, 11 Sep 2022 to 11 Sep 2022

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• GSOC clears Cowen of evading Kildare drink-driving checkpoint Drink-driving; unauthorised dissemination of private information · Co. Kildare

  In 2016, Barry Cowen was stopped at a Garda checkpoint near Leixlip, Co. Kildare, and failed a drink-driving test while on a provisional licence on his way home to Co. Offaly from Dublin after the All-Ireland football final. Taoiseach Micheál Martin removed him from Cabinet in July 2020 over the controversy, and Mr Cowen filed a complaint with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission that same month. A two-year GSOC inquiry, which analysed phone records and CCTV footage, found in September 2022 that Mr Cowen did not make a U-turn or attempt to evade the checkpoint. The inquiry recommended internal discipline for the garda who leaked his information, and the Ombudsman may refer the matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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1. 11 Sep2022
   Otherextra.ie, in GSOC clears Cowen of evading Kildare drink-driving checkpoint

   Barry Cowen Did Not Try To ‘Evade Or Avoid’ Gardaí At Drink-Driving Checkpoint

   accused, Barry Cowen, male, named, irish (judged from name)Barry Cowen♂IE

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