Politics A former government minister has expressed relief and satisfaction after receiving a Garda apology over leaks about an investigation related to him.
Pat Carey, a former Fianna Fail TD, quit as the party’s director of elections amid the fallout from newspaper articles in the Irish Independent published in 2015 about a Garda probe into claims of child sex abuse involving an unnamed former minister.
The former politician took a case against the Garda, the state and publisher Independent Media. He claimed a breach of privacy and said the reports were based on investigation information leaked from within the Garda. “I was subjected to the gravest allegations, my character vilified and my good name destroyed,” he said outside court.
He added: “I’m relieved and satisfied the due process has been followed. I hope that lessons will be learned … and something like this doesn’t happen again.”
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