Evan Fitzgerald case: Senior garda praises firearms probe

Evan Fitzgerald died in a shooting incident at the Fairgreen Shopping Centre in Carlow in 2025. Picture: Family handout/An Garda Siochana/PA

A senior garda has praised the “professional, empathic, and thorough investigation” carried out against three young men prosecuted for serious firearms offences.

Amid calls for an inquiry into the handling of the case, Detective Chief Superintendent Seamus Boland said gardaí will continue to use “all legislation and internationally recognised law enforcement tradecraft practices, to ensure that military-grade illegal weapons are not available in our society”.