Drug trade-linked garda investigated over car tax scam
Ex-detective garda Tom Higgins, named in an intelligence file linking him to the drug trade, was previously investigated over his alleged involvement in a tax scam.
Analysis – State Failures: An Garda Síochána: A History of Violence
In 2002 footage emerged of gardaí viciously assaulting people engaged in a peaceful Reclaim the Streets protest on May Day in Dublin city centre. One of these guardians of the peace was captured on video using his baton to beat a protester over the head. His display earned him the nickname Robocop.
Gardaí kept jobs despite garda intelligence linking them to organised crime
An internal garda intelligence file named three Athlone gardaí suspected of involvement in the midlands drug trade.
Analysis – State Failures: The Special Relationship
'If it wasn’t for American leadership, and if it wasn’t for America and Europe working together, I don’t know what kind of world we’d live in.'
Donohoe ignored allegations of financial wrongdoing in his constituency, signed off on state deal for lender
Donohoe ignored allegations a partly state-owned financial institution knowingly loaned almost €10 million to a company acting as a front for a property developer in debt to Nama.