SENIOR gardaí in charge of the siege scene at Abbeylara made 23 fundamental mistakes of omission during the 25 hours John Carthy held them at bay, Mr Justice Robert Barr found.

THE number of pedestrians killed in road traffic accidents this year rose to 54 after separate weekend tragedies.

THE garda superintendent who authorised the return of John Carthy’s shotgun did not believe him suitable to hold a firearm but was swayed by the contrary opinion of a psychiatrist.

THE psychiatrist who declared John Carthy fit to hold a shotgun said he may have been naive in believing the explanation Mr Carthy gave for the gardaí taking the gun from him in the first place.

THE last doctor to see John Carthy alive found him eager to return to work and get on with his life after coming through a renewed bout of manic depression.

A DOCTOR who examined John Carthy after an alleged assault at his local garda station found tenderness around his upper neck.

A PSYCHIATRIST who treated John Carthy declared him fit to have a firearm after his GP refused to help get his shotgun back from gardaí because of concern over his mental state.

A 57-year-old Cobh seaman has been jailed for 15 years, for a series of sexual assaults on three of his nephews when they were young boys.