Cabinet to hear garda concerns over McCabe killers

PROPOSALS by the rank-and-file garda union on the continued imprisonment of the killers of Gerry McCabe may be discussed by the Cabinet.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell will brief the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern currently on a tour of six EU countries, on the concerns raised by the Garda Representative Association yesterday.

Following its meeting with the Minister for Justice, the GRA said it was reassured that the killers of Detective Garda McCabe will stay in jail. However, the Government's handling of the prospective release of the four IRA men in Castlerea Prison continued to draw fire from the opposition with Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny questioning Mr Ahern's credibility.