Good Cops Deserve Better
In the week that saw the launch of 'Chaos and Conspiracy', the book telling the full story behind the Morris tribunal inquiries into complaints by the McBrearty family and others, author Gerard Cunningham reflects on the policeman's lot.
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A Fighting Man
Gardaí in Donegal tried to frame Frank McBrearty Junior for a murder that never happened. The result was the Morris Tribunal and the worst scandal ever to hit the Irish police force. This week, after almost nine years, McBrearty eventually won €1.5 million from the State for what happened. Profile by Gerard Cunningham.
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The Longest Night
First appeared in Village magazine, Wednesday, 29 March 2006
Katrina Brolly was one of twelve people arrested by gardaí in Donegal investigating the 'murder' of Richie Barron — which was later found to have been a hit-and-run killing. At the Morris Tribunal on 27 March, she proved to be a resilient and self-assured witness, writes Gerard Cunningham.
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From Victim To Prosecutor
Mark McConnell was falsely arrested, beaten and abused by Donegal gardaí. At the Morris Tribunal, McConnell represented himself, cross-examining gardaí with the fluency of a senior counsel and earning praise from the judge. Now he is taking a civil case against the Garda Síochána for wrongful arrest. He speaks to Gerard Cunningham.
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Dr McDaid's Mistaken Diagnosis
Helen Whitwell literally wrote the book on head injuries. The professor of forensic pathology at the University of Sheffield is, in the words of the second Morris report, 'one of the leading forensic pathologists in Great Britain'.
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Morris Denies Full Costs To Cops
Several Garda officers, including a serving detective inspector, have been refused full costs by the Morris tribunal.
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Morris Tribunal for Dummies
Everything you need to know about the Morris Tribunal by Gerard Cunningham.
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Morris Tribunal rejects call for PSNI officers to give evidence for White
A detective sergeant sought unsuccessfully to call PSNI officers to testify to his truthfulness.
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The Ridiculous & The Sublime
Gerard Cunningham reports on the bizarre happenings at the Morris Tribunal: the witnesses and the evidence.
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Gallagher's Farm
A Garda weapons search of an innocent farmer's land, which involved the Emergency Response Unit and the Army, put him out of business. But the Garda knew he had no arms and were trying to frame him. Gerard Cunningham reports
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