A man alleged to be a former senior commander of the Provisional IRA is expected to come before a court here in the near future after he was arrested in Spain on historic child sex abuse charges.

The Government has denied there was an amnesty for IRA killers operating in the Republic for more than a decade.

Matt Cooper (Opinion, Feb 1) asserts that I have been silent on the killing of Garda Jerry McCabe for 17 years and that I was forced into my statement in the Dáil.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has branded the apology Gerry Adams issued over the murder of Garda Jerry McCabe as “ironic”.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter said he was “determined” to see the killers of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe brought before the courts and, if convicted, serve 40 years without remission.

IT’S funny how Senator David Norris, with a proven record of fighting for the human rights of others, was blocked at every turn from being a Presidential candidate, yet many independent TDs were falling over themselves to sign the nomination papers for the likes of Martin McGuinness.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called on Sinn Féin to use its influence on so-called 'IRA volunteers' in relation to the murders of Jean McConville and Garda Gerry McCabe.

EVERYBODY is expecting a dogfight in the European elections for the third of the three seats in the South, with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael expected to keep their seats in the constituency.

The Government has said the family of Garda Jerry McCabe was informed that one of his killers was being freed from jail today.

One of the men convicted of the manslaughter of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in 1996 is being released from Castlerea Prison today.

A Garda union today backed calls for an independent public inquiry into the murder of the first officer to die in Ireland during the Troubles.

AS ONE of the IRA killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe walked free from Castlerea Prison yesterday, a spokesman for the family of the slain garda said Michael O’Neill should be doing another 30 years for murder.

None of the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe will be released early, apart from their statutory entitlement to remission for good behaviour, the Taoiseach told the Dáil today.

The Taoiseach has confirmed that one of the men convicted of killing Detective Garda Jerry McCabe will be released this May.

IN his recent High Court ruling on the challenge against the refusal of the early release application for the killers of Garda Jerry McCabe, Mr Justice Herbert said it made no difference whether the offence was prior or subsequent to the Belfast Agreement.

TÁNAISTE and Justice Minister Michael McDowell has refused temporary Christmas release to the four men jailed for the killing of Garda Jerry McCabe.

Two IRA members jailed for killing Detective Garda Jerry McCabe today lost their bid for freedom.

Sinn Féin must name the “authorised officer” who sanctioned a post office raid that resulted in the killing of Det Garda Jerry McCabe, it was claimed today.

RTÉ set out its summer stall yesterday with the promise of hundreds of hours of home-produced programming to balance a hectic diet of World Cup soccer and GAA.

The Sinn Féin Mayor of Kerry, Toireasa Ferris, looks set to survive a motion of no confidence over her refusal to condemn the killing of Det Garda Jerry McCabe, it emerged today.

The Sinn Féin Mayor of Kerry, Cllr Toireasa Ferris, tonight faces a motion of no confidence over her refusal to condemn the killing of Det Garda Jerry McCabe.

The widow of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe is again calling on Sinn Féin to condemn her husband's killing.

MEMBERS of loyalist gangs who carried out a string of atrocities here will be eligible to apply for a presidential pardon under a scheme announced by the Justice Minister last night.

New UK laws to allow IRA fugitives to return home will not apply to those who killed Det Garda Jerry McCabe and wounded Det Garda Ben O’Sullivan in 1996, it emerged tonight.

The Taoiseach told the Dáil today there would be no early release for the killers of Garda Jerry McCabe.

The IRA killers of Det Garda Jerry McCabe are not in control of their prison and will serve out their full sentences, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell tonight ruled out moving the killers of Garda Jerry McCabe to a standard prison without special facilities.

AN IRA gang’s apology for the killing of a Detective Garda in a botched robbery was an opportunistic move, it was claimed yesterday.

An IRA gang’s apology for the killing of a detective in a botched robbery was today branded a cynical public relations stunt by his widow.

The Garda Representative Association has expressed outrage at a statement released yesterday by the IRA killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe.

IT took an eternity to come - a full eight years and nine months after Detective Garda Jerry McCabe was shot dead as he sat in an unmarked patrol car, during an IRA armed robbery in Adare, Co Limerick.

Pat Kearney, a spokesman for the family of slain Det Garda Jerry McCabe, has given the family's reaction to a statement of apology by Det McCabe's killers.

The men convicted of killing Detective Garda Jerry McCabe during a failed robbery in 1996 tonight said they “deeply regretted” his death.

The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Dublin has passed a resolution demanding the immediate release of the killers of Garda Jerry McCabe.

The Garda Representative Association has welcomed the Taoiseach's vow not to grant early release to the IRA killers of Garda Jerry McCabe.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has reiterated his previous vow that the release of the IRA killers of Garda Jerry McCabe is no longer on the negotiating table.

The IRA must address directly claims that it carried out the £26.5m (€38m) raid on a Belfast bank, a prominent loyalist claimed today.

THANK goodness for the internet. The ability to access media archives on the internet may yet prove to be the most useful tool to protect the truth from Sinn Féin spin and denial.

MARTIN McGUINNESS said yesterday that he went to a senior figure in the IRA who told him it was not involved with the £26 million (€37m) robbery on the Northern Bank in Belfast.

SUPPORTERS of three fugitive Irishmen facing 17 years in a Colombian jail yesterday ruled out attempting to appeal the decision domestically.

Two members of Limerick City Council have abstained from a vote on a motion which called on the Government to deny early release to the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe.

The Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has insisted that the Progressive Democrats and Fianna Fail are totally united in their desire to get an agreement in the North between Sinn Fein and the DUP.

MICHAEL McGoldrick was murdered in July 1996, just weeks after Garda Jerry McCabe was shot dead in Limerick.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is expected to meet the Garda Representative Association later today to discuss the Government's admission that the killers of Garda Jerry McCabe could be released as part of a Northern Ireland peace deal.