Carthy family call for independent garda monitor

IN the wake of the apology by gardaí for the death of John Carthy, family members want an independent body to monitor a committed overhaul of garda structures.

It emerged yesterday that Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy had gardaí personally deliver a one-page letter to the Carthy family stating the force was “truly apologetic”.

The dead man’s older sister, Marie, and his widowed mother, Rose, are said to be “relieved” by the correspondence.