Eight years since first details of system to handle informants

Eight years ago this month, the then Garda commissioner Noel Conroy announced details of the new system to handle informants in the wake of the scathing criticism of the Morris Tribunal reports into abuses among the force in Donegal.

The covert human intelligence source (CHIS) system was recommended by a working group set up by the commissioner after the first Morris report in 2004.

The main implementation group was chaired by then deputy commissioner for strategy, Peter Fitzgerald; while the informant management group was chaired by then deputy commissioner for operations, Fachtna Murphy.