‘Gardai protect drug dealer who does half his trade with RTE’

Crooked Gardai helped Gerry Ryan hide his drug habit and protected his drug dealer, according to sources quoted by the Sunday Independent.

Sources in the Gardai and in the Department of Justice have informed the Independent that Gardai have protected drug-addicted figures in the media for many years and that other officers have been warned off making an investigation.

Gerry Ryan's drug dealer is said to be well known and, according to the Indo, half of all his trade is with RTE.

68 per cent of people are convinced of a 'conspiracy of silence' at RTE, according to a Sunday Independent poll, something former RTE DJ Gareth O'Callaghan is convinced of.

“It's been the biggest shock of my career that people who I have worked with for 18 years have formed a solid, impenetrable wall of silence,” he said.

“Since I have spoken out the phone has stopped ringing. I would usually be asked out for a drink — this week the invites have stopped.”