McMorrow Inquiry - Justice not being served

It is a damning comment on Ireland’s system of justice that an inquiry which began into a savage killing at Mountjoy Prison seven years ago is only now nearing completion.

Outrageously, obstacles have been put in the path of the investigation, chaired by Gráinne McMorrow SC, which also encountered repeated delays.

Showing extraordinary persistence, she has continued the probe despite not being paid by the Department of Justice for three years. Despite getting an interim payment, she is still owed the bulk of her salary. What kind of a country is this?

Her unacceptable treatment at the hands of his own department is the kind of scenario that a jaundiced public would like to see our outspoken and combative Justice Minister Alan Shatter getting worked up about.