Whatever McDowell says, garda family deserves an official inquiry

Garda Fallon’s family and the public have been denied access to the files on his murder.

Of course, when it comes to insensitivity, Michael McDowell is in a league of his own in showing equal tactlessness towards the families of both the first and last garda killed in the recent Troubles

MICHAEL McDOWELL has dismissed calls for an inquiry from the family of the late Garda Richard Fallon, who was murdered on April 3, 1970 in the aftermath of a bank robbery. “I am very satisfied that a very thorough investigation was done”, the Tánaiste told reporters in Cork on Monday.