Minister Shatter papers over real issues of cases

IN his speech yesterday, the justice minister made reference to two of the cases included in the dossier compiled by Sergeant Maurice McCabe.

In relation to the assault on Mary Lynch and the subsequent murder of Silvia Roche Kelly in 2007, Alan Shatter said the matter had been referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in a complaint by Ms Roche Kelly’s husband.

GSOC considered it a less serious breech of discipline and referred the matter to the gardaí, where it was investigated.