IRA men apologise for McCabe death
The men convicted of killing Detective Garda Jerry McCabe during a failed robbery in 1996 tonight said they “deeply regretted” his death.
The four men – Kevin Walsh, Pearse McAuley, Jeremiah Sheehy and Michael O’Neill – who are serving between 11 and 14 years for the manslaughter of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe, said: “We deeply regret the death of Garda Jerry McCabe and the wounding of Garda Ben O’Sullivan during an IRA operation in Adare in June 1996.