Union demands inquiry into murder of garda

A senior Garda union today backed calls for an independent public inquiry into the murder of the first officer to die in the Republic during the Troubles.

Union demands inquiry into murder of garda
Sun, 22 Apr, 2007 - 15:16

A senior Garda union today backed calls for an independent public inquiry into the murder of the first officer to die in the Republic during the Troubles.

Garda Richard Fallon, 43 was shot twice by republican splinter group Saor Eire during an armed bank robbery on Dublin’s Arran Quay in 1970.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: ÉirePlace: DublinPlace: Arran QuayPlace: ManchesterPlace: UKPerson: Richard FallonPerson: Justice MinisterPerson: FallonPerson: Garda FallonPerson: FinianPerson: TaoiseachPerson: Jack LynchPerson: Finance MinisterPerson: Charles HaugheyPerson: Agriculture MinisterPerson: Neil BlaneyPerson: Local Government MinisterPerson: Kevin BolandPerson: Michael McDowellPerson: Garda Richard FallonPerson: MartinPerson: Bertie AhernPerson: AhernPerson: Ann McCabePerson: Jerry McCabePerson: Finian FallonPerson: McCabePerson: Assistant Garda CommissionerOrganisation: Garda unionOrganisation: Association of Garda Sergeants and InspectorsOrganisation: AGSIOrganisation: Irish GovernmentOrganisation: Provisional IRAOrganisation: Saor EireOrganisation: GardaOrganisation: IRAOrganisation: Fianna FáilOrganisation: Garda Survivors’ Support AssociationOrganisation: Royal Bank
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