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If the Garda Commissioner knew a false case was going to be made against Garda McCabe her position is untenable. If she didn’t, she still has questions to answer, writes Michael Clifford    

Retired garda detective Ben O’Sullivan, left at death’s door by the IRA, yesterday spoke publicly for the first time of the nightmares that haunted him for years after an attack in Adare which claimed the life of colleague Det Garda Jerry McCabe.

The so-called garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe is still being isolated within the gardaí, according to John McGuinness, chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

One of the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe has been cleared of a weapons offence after a judge ruled the alleged offence did not take place in a public place.

Fianna Fáil TDs lined up last night to insist crisis-hit Justice Minister Alan Shatter resign immediately, saying his Dáil apology was only made “to save face and save your own skin”.

Even if Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan does withdraw, as widely expected, his scandalous description of two garda whistleblowers as “disgusting”, it will be too late to salvage the Government’s inept handling of this long-running crisis.

The Dáil was rocked with accusations that Garda incompetence may have led to a murder and violent assaults being carried out.

A transcript of evidence from a Garda whistle-blower which could prove an embarrassment for management of the force is expected to be made public — despite some disagreement among members of the Public Accounts Committee.

The amount of money lost through terminated penalty point notices over the last few years was enough to have fully kitted out an extra three hundred patrol cars for the force, the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee heard.

The Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee has agreed to go ahead with plans to hear from a Garda whistleblower in an agreement that saw off a potentially damaging split among its members.

The Health Service Executive said they fully accept that a failure in clinical judgement caused the death of Savita Halappanavar.

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.

There were bitter exchanges between the two opposition parties when Fianna Fáil responded to Sinn Féin’s accusations over Garda cuts by making references to the IRA killing 17 years ago of Detective Jerry McCabe.

For the first time, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has apologised to the family of murdered garda Jerry McCabe.

An advocacy group for the families of victims of homicide is supporting calls by the widow of Gerry McCabe, for tougher sentencing for the murder of a Garda.

Sinn Féin’s Martin Ferris today stood by his controversial decision to meet the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe on their release from prison.

The last two men serving sentences for the killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe 13 years ago have walked free from jail this morning.

The last two men serving sentences for the killing of Detective Garda Jerry Mc Cabe 13 years ago are due to walk free this morning.

I READ that people were surprised when one of the gang that killed Det Garda Jerry McCabe was released from prison recently.

One of the men convicted of the manslaughter of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in 1996 has been released from Castlerea Prison this morning.

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

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.

One of the men jailed over the killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe is to be released from prison today.

The widow of former Garda Jerry McCabe has said that she forgives the men that killed her husband in a raid in Limerick 11 years ago.

The editor of the Sunday Independent newspaper yesterday said he never meant to cause the family of the late garda Tania Corcoran any distress.

THERE was widespread condemnation yesterday of newspaper reporting linking the death of a female garda during childbirth to the part her husband played in the shooting of John Carthy in the Abbeylara siege.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has confirmed that one of the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe will be released on May 17, as first revealed by the Irish Examiner on Monday.

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

THE widow of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe will be celebrating her grandson’s Holy Communion on the day the first of her husband’s killers is released from prison.

The prisons watchdog today urged action after an inmate tried to kill himself three times while in custody at Castlerea.

CALLS for a public inquiry into the first garda officer killed in the Troubles were yesterday backed by the widow of slain Garda Jerry McCabe.

Calls for a public inquiry into the first garda officer killed in the Troubles were today backed by the widow of murdered garda Jerry McCabe.

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

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.

TWO of the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe lost their bid to get early release under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement in the High Court yesterday.

THE fatal shooting of John Carthy by gardaí in Abbeylara “should never have happened”, the Barr Tribunal has found.

THE IRA robbery in Adare which led to the brutal killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe was carried out to finance an extensive bungalow for the gang leader, the Irish Examiner has learned.

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.

Former colleagues of detective garda Jerry McCabe were gathering in Limerick tomorrow for a private memorial to mark the 10th anniversary of his brutal killing by an IRA gang.

FIANNA FÁIL yesterday came to the rescue of Kerry Sinn Féin mayor Toiréasa Ferris by ensuring a Fine Gael no confidence motion in her was defeated at Kerry County Council’s meeting.

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 widow of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe yesterday refused an offer of "immense sympathy" from Kerry's Sinn Féin mayor Toiréasa Ferris.