Garda who lent bike to man to receive over €250k damages

Garda detective is awarded more than €250k after he was under criminal investigation for lending a pensioner a bike

He was suspended for more than three years before being cleared on all fronts

Garda at centre of bike loan probe receives €270,000 in settlement

At the time the Garda Representative Association had called out the disproportionate nature of the probe and likened it to cracking “a nut with a sledgehammer”.

Garda who lent bike to man to receive over €250k damages

A garda detective who was suspended for more than three years for giving a man a loan of a bicycle during the Covid-19 pandemic is to receive over €250,000 in damages.

Detective suspended over giving unwanted bicycle to elderly man during pandemic settles legal action for €275,000

A Midlands-based detective suspended for three years over giving an unwanted bicycle to an elderly man during the pandemic has settled his legal action against the force for close to €275,000.