Chief legal adviser to CAB retires

THE man dubbed the Elliot Ness of Irish crime-fighting has retired as chief legal adviser to the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB).

Barry Galvin, 58, whose idea sparked the creation of the highly successful CAB in 1986, has stepped aside to concentrate on his own private practice and has been replaced by another Corkman, Richard Barrett.

Chief Superintendent Felix McKenna, head of the CAB, paid tribute to Mr Galvin yesterday saying he was a trojan worker who “brought incalculable expertise to the organisation” during his seven years in the job.