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There is so much, Alleged Corruption, within An Garda Siochana, Doyle is Innocent here, until the Courts, Decide.

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Serving Garda facing trial in June in connection with 111 alleged corruption and money laundering offences

EXCLUSIVE: Joseph Doyle, 38, of Kilcock, Co Kildare is charged with the offences under the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Act 2018

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Nicola Donnelly

  • 06:00, 1 FEB 2024
  • Updated08:46, 1 FEB 2024
Serving Garda Joseph Doyle pictured at Trim District Court on 111 corruption and money laundering charges in 2022. (Image: Mick O’Neill)

A serving member of An Garda Siochana’s trial for 111 alleged corruption and money laundering offences – due to start on Wednesday – has been adjourned for four months.

Joseph Doyle, 38, of Kilcock, Co Kildare is charged with the offences under the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Act 2018.

It is alleged that in his role as a public service vehicle inspector he induced named persons at various locations in Co Meath, including a Department of the Environment testing centre, to give him sums ranging from €20 to €250 for fictitious brake tests or for charity on various dates between 2018 and 2021.

He allegedly collected a total of €855 in cheques or cash.

Mr Doyle is also charged with money laundering offences – lodging amounts in a post office and a bank knowing it to be the proceeds of crime.

He is also charged with refusing to allow a member of An Garda Siochana to take his photograph at a garda station in Lucan in Dublin.

The charges follow an investigation into public service vehicle inspections.

Doyle’s case was listed on Wednesday for trial at Trim Circuit Court.

However, the trial was given a new date of June 4 by Judge John Martin for when it is expected to commence.

Mr Doyle was excused from attending the court for the short hearing which lasted less than 30 seconds.

At a previous sitting of the court, Garda James King said the Director of Public Prosecutions consented for the accused to be sent forward to the circuit court on all 111 charges for trial on indictment

Judge Cephas Power previously assigned two counsel “due to the number of charges, type of charges and complicated nature of the charges”.

The accused has been remanded on continuing bail with a condition of his bail that he should not contact any witnesses in the case.

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