A former civilian employee of An Garda Síochána who gave out information, including about the locations of garda Covid-19 checkpoints, in return for cocaine has been jailed for two and a half years.
Holly Hayden, 27 and of Bayview Terrace, Bray, Co Wicklow, pleaded guilty to one count of disclosing confidential information from the Pulse system obtained in the course of her employment on 29 October 2019.
She said Hayden had been"employed in a position of trust" and disclosed information for both cocaine and cash. The investigating garda told Diana Stuart BL, prosecuting, at an earlier sentence hearing that Hayden admitted that she relayed information from the Pulse system about a named individual, referred to in court as 'SN'.
The court heard that on a date between 28 April and 11 May 2020, Hayden sent a Whatsapp message with five pictures attached, containing the locations of garda Covid-19 checkpoints. The investigating garda agreed with Paul Murray SC, defending, that his client was a person of"unblemished character" prior to her offending.
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