Terms of taping probe to be set next week

Terms for an inquiry into years of secret taping of phone calls to and from Garda stations are expected to be widened to include the recordings of conversations of prisoners with their lawyers.

Terms for the Commission of Investigation into the secret recordings will be finalised by next week, Taoiseach Enda Kenny confirmed yesterday.

The Cabinet yesterday discussed draft terms for the inquiry, which will be headed up by Supreme Court judge Nial Fennelly.