Senior garda hits out at telephone records delay

The lengthy delay in obtaining telephone records vital to the investigation into Raphoe cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death was not acceptable, an assistant commissioner said today.

Assistant Commissioner Dermot Jennings told the Morris Tribunal that officers were left waiting for months after they made an application to Telecom Eireann for home telephone records in relation to extortion phone calls to the house of Michael Peoples in 1996.