Spontaneous cheering and clapping broke out in a packed Limerick Circuit Criminal Court when four serving gardaí and a retired superintendent were found not guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Mr O’Neill was a member of Limerick manager John Kiely’s backroom team until 2019. Early in the investigation eight gardaí in Limerick, including the serving members on trial, were suspended, most of them from the road policing section. An investigation into that was then launched, leading to the prosecution of Mr O’Neill and the four gardaí. Mr O’Neill retired in 2020.

Source: Irish Examiner January 26, 2026 17:46 UTC