Sophie Toscan du Plantier: Questions remain but little chance of answers

With no appetite for a public inquiry, issues involving gardaí, the State, and Ian Bailey remain unresolved, but co-operation with the French inquiry should stop, writes Michael Clifford

On the face of it, there is a case for some form of judicial inquiry into the events around the investigation of the murder of Sophie Tuscon du Plantier, and all that flowed from it.

Despite the verdict in Ian Bailey’s High Court action last Monday, there remains a question over his treatment at the hands of a number of state agencies, including the gardaí, the attorney general, and more than one minister for justice.