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GARDA INVESTIGATIONS INTO sexual assaults, imprisonment, driving offences and child pornography in the Cavan/Monaghan area are all to be looked at by a former High Court judge.
The Commission of Investigation was recommended by the Guerin Report and will have Justice Kevin O’Higgins as its sole member.
The probe comes after the report broke down a range of dysfunctional investigations in the district in 20007 and 2008. It includes the case of Jerry McGrath who murdered Sylvia Roche-Kelly while on bail for attempting to kidnap a five-year-old girl from her bed.
The commission will look at the decision to award bail in this case and the alleged mishandling of an earlier investigation into an assault by McGrath on taxi driver Mary Lynch in Cavan in 2007.
The draft order for the judge’s examination has been published by the Government and is expected to report back within a year of its establishment.
As well as the McGrath case, the commission will will examine the following garda investigations in the Cavan/Monaghan division:
The commission will also look at the investigations by both the gardaí and the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter into complaints made by McCabe.
The Guerin Report itself had detailed a range of issues with policing at Bailieboro Garda District and O’Higgins report will carry out a specific investigation into “the conduct of policing” in the district.
Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald says all of the matters recommend for investigation by the Guerin Report are included in the terms of reference published today.
“The Government has accepted Mr. Guerin’s recommendation that a Commission of Investigation would be desirable in the public interest to ensure continuing confidence in the institution of An Garda Síochána and the criminal justice system,” she said.
Originally published 22.57pm
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So yet another example of The Gardai being corrupt and incompetent.
Surprise,surprise
This needs urgent attention for the sake of all, including the Gardai
Here comes red thumbs from the people who do not want the Gardai to be reformed
A great little country to corruption in…….aided and abetted by the trolls of FF/FG/Lab all proud winnners of the Brown Envelope award for consistant support of corruption and backhanders
The criminals policing the criminals
and then being judged by them …..soooooooooo cosy
I was thinking that the situation in Donegal and the Morris tribunal wasn’t going to be a one off. At this rate they might get all the districts sorted in about 100 years.
Nice clean out of comments …..
censorship ?
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