Senior garda who died by suicide left note for colleague admitting 'major error' in murder probe

Colleagues of Detective Superintendent Colm Fox gave evidence to the second day of the inquest into is death on February 10, 2018

Detective Superintendent Colm Fox died during a trial in relation to a high-profile murder at the Regency Hotel in Whitehall, Dublin, on February 5, 2016. Pictures: Collins

A garda superintendent has said he still does understand the contents of a suicide note left to him by a colleague in which he admitted making “a major error” over a high-profile murder investigation and related criminal trial.

Superintendent Brian Daly told an inquest into the death of Detective Superintendent Colm Fox — who was overseeing the investigation into a major gangland murder at the Regency Hotel in Whitehall, Dublin, in February 2016 — the contents of the note remained “cryptic”.