Minister challenged over Garda killers

The Justice Minister was asked today to confirm or deny claims that the Government was prepared to release the IRA killers of a garda as part of a peace process deal with Sinn Féin.

Jim O’Keeffe, the justice spokesman of Fine Gael, issued the challenge to Michael McDowell after it was claimed that had last October’s failed peace process deal succeeded, the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe would have been released.