Widow of Garda killed by IRA dismisses Sinn Féin president’s comments

Ann McCabe, widow of Garda Jerry McCabe who was murdered by the IRA in 1996 (Niall Carson/PA)

The widow of a Garda officer killed by the IRA has dismissed comments by Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald that there is no comparison between the IRA and gangland criminals.

Ms McDonald said she was “profoundly shocked” to learn that a former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall was involved in criminality.