Prison chiefs order report over pic of McCabe killers

PRISON authorities yesterday ordered a full report in to how a photograph of Sinn Féin TDs and the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe was allowed to be taken at Castlerea Prison.

The Director General of the Prison Service Sean Aylward said he was satisfied there was a clear breach of prison rules. A picture of four Sinn Féin TDs Martin Ferris, Sean Crowe, Aengus O Snodaigh and Caoimhghin O Caolain caused outrage after being published in the Sunday Independent last weekend.

They were shown standing next to Pearse McCauley, Michael O'Neill, Kevin Walsh and Jeremiah Sheehy, who were all jailed for the manslaughter of Mr McCabe, receiving sentences ranging from 11 to 14 years.