Maurice McCabe inquiry: The more things change, the more they stay the same

Facing into another tribunal, change is still evading the gardaí years after the Morris Tribunal was supposed to herald a new dawn for the force, writes Michael Clifford.

Lee Parker was driving home from Raphoe, Co Donegal, when he saw Richie Barron on the side of the road. It was just outside the town in the early hours of October 14, 1996.

Parker assumed Barron was drunk. He had seen Richie earlier that evening coming out of a pub in the town, looking the worse for wear.