no, it was Inland Revenue....think about where the money (if you don't know a corrupt cop to get it quashed) goes.
A former Garda was working as a taxi driver in Foxrock Taxis. Crybaby Cop I think was his nickname.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/garda-s-sentence-suspended-for-taking-bribe-1.1126910A former garda who accepted a £500 bribe to shred a drink driving summons has received a six-month jail sentence in the Court of Criminal Appeal.
The Director of Public Prosecutions had appealed the undue leniency of the original suspended sentence and fine imposed on Seamus Doherty from Castlefield Lawn, Churchtown, by the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Doherty sought £20,000 from a man he arrested for drink driving in May 2000.
He settled for the much smaller sum of £500, but the man reported Doherty to the gardaí, who were waiting when the money was passed over in a pub car park in Dublin.
In the Circuit Criminal Court, Seamus Doherty pleaded guilty to corruption. He received a three-year suspended sentence and a fine of €3,809.
The DPP appealed the sentence as unduly lenient.
The court of criminal appeal agreed and has now imposed a six-month jail term on Doherty.
Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman noted the special position of a garda in society and said the original sentence was an inadequate response to an offence of premeditated corruption.
The sentence begins on 1 June to allow Seamus Doherty to attend his child's first Holy Communion.
