Row erupts over Tipperary TD comments on Garda killers

Martin Browne condemned the killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in 1996 but when asked if he condemned the killers, he declined to comment

Sinn Féin TD Martin Browne said the killing was unjustified. Picture: Andy Gibson

The Sinn Féin chair of an Oireachtas committee has been branded “an absolute disgrace” by one of its members for refusing to condemn the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in 1996.

Tipperary TD Martin Browne, who is chair of the committee on public petitions, was called on by government members of the committee to clarify his position over the killing of Garda McCabe by members of the IRA.