Gardaí to inspect transcripts ahead of Bailey

Four gardaí are to receive transcripts of taped conversations at Bandon Garda Station before Ian Bailey who is suing the State for damages following a High Court ruling yesterday.

Mr Bailey wants to inspect the recordings and transcripts of them, as part of continuing preparations for his action for damages against the State arising from the conduct of the Garda investigation into the murder of French film-maker Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork in 1996.

He will now have to wait until the High Court decides on his application to inspect the transcripts in nine days time.