Former Garda Commissioner's family say he did not meet Archbishop on Majella Moynihan case

The family of former garda commissioner Larry Wren has denied that he would have allowed the Archbishop of Dublin to dictate garda policy. The late commissioner’s son in law Joe McConville told RTE radio’s Liveline that the Wren family was distressed at the way in which he was being portrayed in the media.

He was responding (on behalf of his wife Mary) to allegations in the Majella Moynihan case which claimed that Commissioner Wren had succumbed to pressure from the hierarchy not to dismiss her from the force for having a child out of wedlock as that would have led to others going to the UK for abortions.