Garda report another damning indictment

We are well used to Garda scandals and shortcomings, but last week’s report by the Inspectorate gathered all these errors together and proved change is long overdue, writes Dr Vicky Conway

Morris, Kerry Babies, Kieran Boylan, Shane Touhey, the Heavy Gang, Frank Shortt. Inadequacies, shortcomings, and failures in garda investigations are not new.

We have unfortunately become somewhat accustomed to headlines revealing these errors and wrongdoings to us. Those who have followed and studied these or who have been affected by them respond to the Garda Inspectorate Report on Criminal Investigation without shock or surprise. There are many cases and reports which can be pointed to which lay out much of what is included in this report. The individual findings don’t feel that new.