Garda Inspectorate will act on Barr report - McDowell

The Chief Inspector of the new Garda Inspectorate, Kathleen O’Toole, will immediately review Garda procedures and practices following the publication of the Barr report, the Minister for Justice Michael McDowell revealed today.

Mr McDowell said lessons must be learned from the death of John Carthy but he insisted nothing should interfere wih the right and duty of gardaí to protect their own lives and those of colleagues and the public.