Morris Tribunal condemns garda negligence

Caroline O’Doherty, John Breslin and Cormac O’Keeffe

In his second interim report, tribunal chairman Judge Frederick Morris described the investigation into the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron as “an extraordinary shambles”.

Judge Morris said: “There is evidence of willful blunders, gross negligence, laziness, emotionally wrong-headed rushes to judge people as guilty and a determination by some parties to ensure that, even if there was no evidence, that the suspicions formulated were going to stick and stick permanently.”