Garda recordings inquiry may include prison calls

Terms for an inquiry into secret Garda recordings will be decided by Government tomorrow and could include a probe of illegal recordings made at prisons.

Government sources last night said this addition to the Fennelly Commission had not been ruled out.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said on the weekend that the terms of the Commission of Investigation into the secret taping of calls in and out of Garda stations will be decided by tomorrow. Mr Kenny also said that a new policing authority to oversee the force would also be in place by the end of the year.