There was an unusual figure in the public gallery every day at the court martial of Captain Alan Kearney.
This individual was a member of An Garda Síochána. He had no reason to be there. The hearing was an internal matter in the Defence Forces involving allegations about storage of ammunition. Yet, during the court martial in July 2024, this garda was present and reportedly highly attentive.
Kearney wasn’t surprised. As far as he was concerned, the nightmare he was put through, both personally and professionally, for over two years was directly attributable to his connection to a Garda whistleblower. The individual was a former colleague of Kearney’s who went on to join An Garda Síochána. When he found major irregularities in the Garda armoury, he contacted Kearney for advice.
That precipitated what had all the appearance of a witch hunt against the highly decorated army officer.
His plight has been detailed in this newspaper. On Tuesday this week he was referenced in the Seanad by Michael McDowell.
“The home of his (the whistleblower) former commanding officer in the Defence Forces was searched under the Offences Against the State Act,” McDowell told the House.
“That officer, who has an exemplary record, and who had been selected for appointment as Captain of the Guard in Leinster House had his Garda security clearance withdrawn and was denied his due promotion in the Defence Forces until the intervention of a Defence Forces Ombudsman.”
In the end, no evidence was...
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