The acting head of the Garda National Technical Bureau (GNTB), who has raised safety concerns that “defective” gun-holsters used by armed gardaí could lead to accidental deaths, is challenging a decision by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) that excludes the media from his hearing.

At the High Court on Wednesday, Conor Duff, counsel for Detective Superintendent Brian O’Reilly, successfully applied to have an expedited leave application heard on Thursday that challenges the WRC decision to hear the superintendent’s matter behind closed doors.

O’Reilly, of Whites Road, Castleknock, Dublin 15, is seeking to quash a ruling by the WRC from last month, when the adjudicating officer acceded to a Garda submission that his case contained “sensitivities” that should not be made public.

Det Supt O’Reilly, who has CIA training and a master’s degree in serious crime investigations, is taking his case against the WRC adjudicating officer who made the decision, the WRC, with the Garda Commissioner named as a notice party.

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Det Supt O’Reilly has claimed that after he made protected disclosures regarding work practices inside An Garda Síochána, he was penalised in his workplace and had his pay reduced.

He submitted that in his 30-year career in An Garda Síochána he had never been absent on any kind of sick leave until he attended his GP in April 2023, who certified him as suffering from work-related stress.

O’Reilly became the acting head of the GNTB in August 2016 and...

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