Ahern in pledge over McCabe killers

None of the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe will be released early, apart from their statutory entitlement to remission for good behaviour, the Taoiseach told the Dáil today.

It emerged yesterday that Michael O’Neill, one of the four IRA members jailed for the manslaughter of the officer, will be freed on May 17 after serving eight years of a 11-year sentence.