Garda phone-taping probe expected to get underway in weeks

The probe into the Garda phone-taping scandal and the investigation into the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder is expected to get under way within weeks, with its terms of reference going before the Dáil today.

Government chief whip Paul Kehoe says he does not expect any specific changes to the inquiry’s framework which was agreed by Cabinet last week.

The commission of inquiry, sparked by the emergence of information that some telephones at Garda stations had been taped for decades, must get the backing of the Dáil before it can move forward.