Garda informants must be handled with care

As part of the ‘Irish Examiner’s third day of analysis on the Garda Inspectorate report, Cormac O’Keeffe uncovers the crisis in the force’s informant handling system

IT IS a grey area — both ethically and legally — for the gardaí and one which has again raised its head.

The handling of informants, in the main criminals, is a thorny and complex one for all police forces.