Carthy family question actions of Garda ERU

John Carthy's sister, Marie, is questioning why the Garda Emergency Response Unit didn't use non-lethal equipment in their possession to resolve the armed siege, which ended in the shooting dead of her brother in April 2000.

The Abbeylara tribunal heard today that the ERU had pyrotechnic equipment including flares, two bang distraction devices and smoke canisters.