Taoiseach Bertie Ahern tonight said detailed Government consideration would have to be given to a High Court judgment that could outlaw parliamentary investigations of complaints against the Gardai and other issues.

The sister of John Carthy, who was shot during a siege in Co Longford by garda marksmen has said she is 'not surprised, but very disappointed' at today's High Court ruling in favour of members of the Garda Siochana

Gardai have won a case in the High Court to halt an Oireachtas Sub-Committee Inquiry into the death of John Carthy.

The High Court will give its decision later today on the challenge by 36 gardai to an Oireachtas Sub-Committee Inquiry into the death of John Carthy.