Tom Quinn challenges refusal to backdate Garda promotion

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Inspector Tom Quinn challenged the Garda Commissioner’s refusal to backdate his promotion to inspector after a GSOC investigation cleared him over a 2018 dog shooting. The High Court heard the matter on 9 December 2021.

Quinn was due to be promoted in January 2019, but the promotion was delayed until late August while GSOC investigated complaints about the incident near Granard, Co Longford. The Commissioner accepted that Quinn had been cleared, but opposed backdating the promotion.

Mr Justice Charles Meenan reserved his decision after submissions and said he would give judgment in the New Year.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.