A garda charged with possession of child pornography has been sent for trial to the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Garda Darrach Kennedy (38), Glenvarra Park, Knocklyon, Dublin, has been charged on two counts under the 1998 Child Trafficking and Pornography Act.
Garda Kennedy, who was charged on June 4th last, was stationed at Garda headquarters in the Phoenix Park.
In the Dublin District Court yesterday, Inspector Dominic Hayes, prosecuting garda, said that there was an application on consent that Garda Kennedy be sent forward and returned for trial at the next sitting of the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The court also heard that the book of evidence had been served.
Judge Clare Leonard said that the Director of Public Prosecutions had consented to the matter being sent on for trial.
She said it was now sent to the next sitting of the circuit criminal court. She asked Mr Martin Moran, solicitor for Garda Kennedy, if there was any issue regarding legal aid, and he said there was not.
On July 29th, an order prohibiting the naming of the garda was lifted in the Dublin District Court following submissions by counsel for the Irish Independent, joined by lawyers for The Irish Times and other media.