{"id":272847,"date":"2026-01-31T00:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/272847\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T00:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:32:14","slug":"garda-couple-to-sue-force-after-acquittal-in-limerick-penalty-points-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/272847\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda couple to sue force after acquittal in Limerick penalty points trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The retired superintendent and his garda wife acquitted in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/courtandcrime\/arid-41782730.html\">Limerick garda trial<\/a> this week are suing the force for, among other things, producing a photograph of their son during an interview in what was understood to be an attempt at intimidation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Eamon O\u2019Neill and Anne Marie Hassett have initiated a legal action based on the original arrest of Mr O\u2019Neill in connection with an alleged offence that was shown to have no basis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/login\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IE Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4633150_1_org_IE_logo_modals.png\" width=\"340\" height=\"41\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\tSubscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Annual \u20ac130\u20ac80<\/p>\n<p class=\"best-value\">Best value<\/p>\n<p>Monthly \u20ac12\u20ac6 \/ month<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Benefits image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4874751_1_org_Funnel_image.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The retired superintendent and his garda wife acquitted in the Limerick garda trial this week are suing the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[54,7782,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-272847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-courts","tag-gardai","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}