Retired judge lashes out at gardaí

A RETIRED criminal court judge has launched an astonishing attack on gardaí.

He has labelled one fifth of the force awful and claims a large number of statements were concocted before being signed by a suspect.

Former Judge Anthony Murphy, who sat for many years on the Cork circuit launched his attack at the end of a miserable week for the embattled force. Some of its members, still reeling from the Morris Tribunal allegations were criticised by the Garda Complaints Board for wholesale non-cooperation with the May Day march investigation.