Carthy killing: Oireachtas inquiry ‘not sufficient’

THE sister of John Carthy, who was shot dead by gardaí at Abbeylara more than a decade ago, has said an Oireachtas inquiry would never have been sufficient to investigate the killing.

Speaking ahead of next week’s referendum, which proposes to grant full powers to Oireachtas committees to investigate matters deemed to be of public interest, Marie Carthy said she and her family were unhappy when an Oireachtas committee was established following her brother’s death in April 2000.

While she said she did not wish to comment on the referendum, Ms Carthy said she and her family felt a tribunal of inquiry, with full judicial powers, was the only means by which her brother’s death could be properly investigated.