Gardaí in u-turn over knowledge of child porn probe

MYSTERY surrounded an inquiry into Irish suspects linked to a child pornography ring yesterday after gardaí initially denied knowledge of the probe.

Gardaí said they were never formally alerted about Austrian investigation, Operation Flo which uncovered 2,360 suspects from 77 countries who downloaded horrific images of young children being sexually abused and raped.

Two of the suspected computer or IP addresses are Irish based.