Former minister sued Garda Commissioner, State and Independent Newspapers over articles about investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse
Mr Carey was a Fianna Fáil government minister from 2010 to 2011. In 2015, he was Fianna Fáil’s national director of elections and involved in several charitable organisations. On Friday, he secured €250,000 in damages, an apology from the Garda Commissioner and his legal costs under a settlement of his High Court action over two Irish Independent articles of November 11th and 12th, 2015, concerning that investigation.
In the apology, the commissioner acknowledged information in relation to the investigation “found its way into the public domain”, accepted “this should never have happened” and had caused “severe and wholly unjustified distress to Mr Carey and those close to him and damage to his reputation”. While the settlement offered some sense of vindication and closure, he said there “will still be some of the ‘there’s no smoke without fire’ brigade” but hoped the settlement “will have given the lie to a lot of that kind of stuff, such as it was”.There is a right to investigate matters of public interest and rights to free speech and freedom of expression but there must be “careful handling of information” and regard for people’s reputation and integrity.
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