The senior garda who played a key role in taking down Kinahan mobster Fat Freddie Thompson has been promoted to an Assistant Commissioner.
Paul Cleary, who has served for 29 years, has been appointed to the rank along with two others.
Garda Chief Drew Harris previously led the praise for Cleary’s “world class” investigation into monster Thompson for the murder of Daithi Douglas in Dublin’s south inner city in July, 2016.
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As Det Supt based at Kevin’s Street Garda Station, in Dublin city, Cleary led the probe from day one and arrested Thompson in November 2016 - when he was on the run.
Thompson was hiding out in the UK but decided to chance a trip to Dublin and flew into Belfast.
He was then driven to a meeting at the City North Hotel on the M1 at the Dublin-Meath border.
But officers from Kevin Street were lying in wait and Cleary led a team that arrested the thug in the toilets of the building.
Thompson was jailed for life on August 31, 2018.
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