Gardaí to investigate paramilitary displays

Gardaí are planning to swoop on those who fired shots and wore paramilitary uniforms at the weekend funeral of murdered terror leader Alan Ryan.

The developments come as Justice Minister Alan Shatter yesterday slammed the paramilitary displays at the funeral as “reprehensible and absolutely unacceptable”.

He said he recognised the “immediate difficulties” faced by gardaí in policing such a funeral but had received assurances from Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan that gardaí would pursue any breaches of the law.

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