A retired garda chief superintendent yesterday told the High Court he asked the State Solicitor for West Cork in 1998 to raise the Garda case against Ian Bailey directly with the DPP, rather than any of his officials.

Detective Sgt tells superior they had to ‘break’ Bailey’s partner

A 1997 phone call reveals a senior garda working on the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder believed all they had was "very weak circumstantial evidence" against Ian Bailey.

IN Garda headquarters they can’t recall who suggested the codename Amethyst and the detective chief superintendent in charge insists it holds no significance.

A SURVIVOR of clerical child sex abuse has offered to become a test case to establish if the garda have sufficient powers to prosecute clergy who covered up for paedophile priests.