Garda sergeant left to ‘sit and rot’ after eye injury, Workplace Relations Commission told

Sergeant David Haughney, who lost 70% of sight in left eye after attack on duty, lodged complaint after he was barred from ‘confrontational’ duties

In evidence to the tribunal, Sgt Haughney said after he recovered from an operation for a detached retina in April 2019, the vision in his left eye was no worse than it was before.

“This changes everything ... my interpretation of this is you can’t go out, you can’t drive, certainly nothing to do with public order or training,” Supt Gamble is alleged to have told Sgt Haughney. Sgt Haughney said he was then transferred to work for 11 months in a former telephone exchange which served as the traffic office at Midleton Garda station.

The tribunal heard that, after Sgt Haughney raised a grievance against Supt Gamble, he later accepted a transfer to a station in the Cork City district, reporting to Supt John Deasy – and was permitted to resume public order duties and qualified as a trainer. “All the things I worked for all my life in the job, they were being eroded and taken away from me,” Sgt Haughney told the tribunal. “I’d say it’s comical except it’s not. I’ve experienced what it is. I spent 11 months in a room on my own. Any little outing I got was just blocked.”

“They’re words on a page which mean absolutely nothing to me,” Sgt Haughney said when they were put to him by his solicitor, Michael Hegarty.

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