Garda changes aim to prevent abuse

MAJOR changes are taking place within the gardaí to ensure Donegal-style abuses don’t happen again, the Garda Commissioner and the Justice Minister have said.

Noel Conroy and Michael McDowell were responding to last week’s revelations at the Morris Tribunal concerning garda mistreatment of suspects interviewed in connection with the death of Riche Barron in 1996.

They said changes underway include: