# Garda whistleblower challenges McEntee over disclosure handling

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/im-the-garda-who-helen-mcentee-identified-to-my-then-boss-drew-harris-after-i-raised-serious-concerns-about-alleged-wrongdoing-within-an-garda-siochana-this-is-how-she-continues-to-let-me-the-forc/
- Published: 2026-10-24T21:20:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T21:33:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16236191/Im-Garda-Helen-McEntee-identified-boss-Drew-Harris-raised-concerns-alleged-wrongdoing-Garda-S-och-na-continues-let-Force-PUBLIC-down.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Business, Markets, World

## Key points

- Brian O’Reilly questions the legal basis for redirecting his disclosure.
- He says his identifying details appeared in documents sent to Garda management.
- McEntee has not publicly specified the statutory authority for her actions.

## Summary

Detective Superintendent Brian O’Reilly says former Justice Minister Helen McEntee has not explained what legal authority allowed her to redirect his protected disclosure to Garda management. His account challenges the Government’s claim that McEntee did not compromise his confidentiality because the Garda Commissioner already knew he had made disclosures.

O’Reilly says he submitted a separate disclosure to McEntee under Ireland’s Protected Disclosures Act after raising concerns internally. The Protected Disclosures Commissioner designated the Department of Justice’s secretary general as the statutory recipient on 3 October 2023, but O’Reilly says he received no acknowledgement or feedback. He says the disclosure was redirected to An Garda Síochána on 21 December, and that his identifying details appeared in attachment titles sent to senior Garda figures, including someone implicated in his allegations.

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