A Co Cavan native has been cleared of an assault that was alleged to have occurred in Dublin in 2023.
Gavin O'Reilly who is a Garda Superintendent has been cleared of assaulting a bar manager and racially abusing a bouncer at a popular Dublin bar.
However, he has been found guilty of a lesser public order offence. 41 year-old Gavin O'Reilly, from Cavan, whose address on his summons is Phoenix Park, denied assaulting Penny Lane manager Emma Parks, and engaging in threatening, abusive, and insulting behaviour on the same occasion.
It related to events on August 26th 2023 when the garda superintendent was off duty and socialising at the popular gay bar in Dublin city centre.
The three-day non-jury trial at Dublin District Court concluded yesterday, with Judge John Hughes finding complainant Emma Parks and bouncer Marcos Peter Inacio were not credible witnesses. He noted their evidence was contradicted at several points by CCTV footage, the recording of her 999 call, which the judge described as "window dressing", and their accounts in the trial.
