Garda claims must be investigated

No self-respecting democracy can ignore allegations of police torture, especially when a government minister makes the charge on the national airways.

On RTÉ’s Prime Time tonight Minister of State Dick Roche is due to accuse An Garda Síochána of torturing an individual.

When similar allegations were made against the Crown authorities in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of interment, the Irish Government successfully pursued the issue all the way the European Court of Human Rights.