Rossiter inquiry - Gardaí have questions to answer

THE statutory inquiry conducted by senior counsel Hugh Hartnett into the death of 14-year-old Brian Rossiter in a cell at Clonmel Garda station on September 11, 2002, has concluded that there was no evidence he was assaulted while he was in the station, but that he was unlawfully detained by gardaí.

This might rightly be described as another mess.

A young boy is dead and more than five years later inquiries have not progressed beyond the investigative stage. And the actual investigation conducted by the gardaí does not reflect well on the force.