
THE GARDAÍ HAVE said that they’ve begun to review their investigation into the 2014 Jobstown protest.
The review, which began last Friday, will be carried out from “a lessons-learnt perspective” it said, and both the policing response and subsequent investigation into the anti-water-charges protest in Tallaght would be reviewed.
All six co-defendants in the Jobstown trial were found not guilty of falsely imprisoning the then-Tánaiste Joan Burton and her assistant in a car as a result of the protest.
Assistant Commissioner Barry O’Brien will carry out the review, and will look at “key learning points”; identification of organisational practices/policies which require improvement; training; and “any other issues of note”.
On RTÉ’s Prime Time last night, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that he didn’t think a public inquiry was necessary, but that gardaí should consider their involvement.
Co-defendant and Solidarity TD Paul Murphy told Newstalk this morning that after being “racked with scandal after scandal” the idea that gardaí would review themselves “lacks credibility”.
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