Garda brings High Court challenge against decision to extend probation

A serving Garda who has been classified as being a probationer member for the last six years has launched a High Court challenge against the Garda Commissioner’s decision to further extend her probationary period.

The application has been brought by Garda Caoimhe Busher, who has been a probationary Garda since September 2018 and is stationed at Dún Laoghaire Garda Station.

The court heard the Garda has been the subject of a disciplinary investigation concerning the manner she allegedly investigated and information that was allegedly inputted by her in the Garda Pulse System concerning a 2019 road traffic incident in south Dublin.

She denies any wrongdoing in relation to the incident.

The internal investigation into that matter has not been concluded, the court also heard.

In her action, Gda Busher claims that last April she was informed by the Garda Commissioner that her period of probation was being extended to October 2024.

She claims this was the seventh time her period of…

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