Leo Varadkar wants Jobstown evidence looked at

Leo Varadkar has made a significant intervention in the fallout from the Jobstown trial and urged Garda management to examine the investigation including any conflicting evidence.

Garda HQ last night said a review into “the policing response and the subsequent investigation into the incident” at Jobstown began last Friday. It is being carried out by Assistant Commissioner Barry O’Brien.

But the Taoiseach’s remarks that the public “need to trust what gardaí say” and that any clashing evidence from the force “is a problem” will fuel claims by the trial defendants that they were stitched up.