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Garda released in Sargent disclosure probe

Trevor Sargent - Resigned as Minister of State
Trevor Sargent - Resigned as Minister of State

A Garda, arrested on suspicion of disclosing information that led to Trevor Sargent’s resignation, has been released.

She was arrested at Lucan Garda Station in Dublin yesterday.

A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Mr Sargent stepped down after it emerged he had written a number of letters to gardaí involved in prosecuting one of his constituents.