No shield for ‘conniving’ gardaí

ONE of the Garda’s top investigators is to examine whether gardaí, and other state officials, committed criminal offences in their handling of child sex abuse cases examined in the Murphy report.

Assistant Commissioner John O’Mahoney will assemble a team of detectives to sift through the 700-page Murphy report and conduct follow-on investigations.

Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy yesterday announced the review following disturbing findings in the report, including: