Another garda report is dropping today. This is what you need to know
The report was three years in the making.
The report was three years in the making.
The Taoiseach faced more questions about the Fennelly Commission today.
Analysis: The departure of the Garda Commissioner remains shrouded in controversy.
The Fennelly Inquiry into covert recordings at garda stations and the circumstances surrounding the ex-garda commissioner’s departure will issue an interim report next year
The TD and former Minister said that resigning wasn’t a pleasant experience.
The Minister for Justice said reforms were already underway in relation to the establishment of an independent Garda Authority.
The group said there is no faith in GSOC as it currently exists.
It is unknown when the report in to the bugging of GSOC headquarters will be published.
White was speaking at the Labour leadership hustings in Dublin this evening.
The Cooke report was commissioned in February following reports of “unlawful surveillance”.
The Dublin Metropolitan Region office handles ten times as may calls as the next busiest centre.
Kenny said there was nothing “mysterious” about the matter.
The former Minister for Justice was entitled to these recently abolished payments.
If he is called before the Commission of Investigation into the GardaGate scandal, he will “respond fully” on the issue.
The Tánaiste has told TheJournal.ie that the issues surrounding the gardaí have distracted the government from its agenda and explained why he’s bullish about Labour’s election prospects.
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Department of Justice Secretary General Brian Purcell is at the centre of several controversies, but the biggest questions concern the events leading up to the departure of Martin Callinan in March.
The Taoiseach’s office says a ‘clerical error’ is to blame for the diary entry that recorded a meeting taking place 36 hours before it actually did.
Shatter can appeal the decision, but has not commented on the finding.
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan said he and John Wilson were under surveillance by an unmarked Garda car when they visited GSOC offices this morning to make the organisation aware of new allegations of corruption within the force.
The incident occurred in March, with the five saying they were protesting the ‘whitewashing’ of the GardaGate scandal.
The equipment was placed on a specific phone in Bandon Garda Station according to documents seen by RTÉ.
Enda Kenny said he has no idea if they are true or not.
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Whisteblower John Wilson has also called for GSOC to be completely reformed.
Sinn Féin Pádraig MacLochlainn has noted that senior Garda management has a responsibility to protect whisteblowers.
The minister was at last year’s meeting of garda sergeants and inspectors but has said that he cannot attend this year because it clashes with the Passover festival.
Everyone’s been talking about President Higgins’ State visit to the UK, Peaches Geldof and Oscar Pistorius wailing in the witness box.
The inquiry will look into the recording of calls at garda stations over a number of years.
The Irish Council of Civil Liberties says new revelations mean the inquiry’s scope needs to be expanded.
Lead author of a policy paper, TD Anne Ferris, denied this was an attempt by the party to take charge of government discussions on the establishment of the new body.
Ministers will discuss the issue during today’s meeting, and it is expected the terms will be released very soon.
Paschal Donohoe said he expects the inquiry will look at issues such as why Martin Callinan resigned.
Marie Farrell made a statement to gardaí in which she said she had been under ‘constant pressure’ to wrongly name Ian Bailey as the man she saw at the murder scene.
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