Just some of the reports carried out, that exposed Garda corruption etc. nothing changed and all covered up
Just some of the reports carried out, that exposed Garda corruption etc. And nothing changed
Despite millions of taxpayers money spent, everything gets covered up and ignored.
The Smithwichs Tribunal (Garda Collusion and cover ups)
The Carty report (Gardaí planting guns/bombs, framing people etc.)
The Murphy report (Framing of people)
The Nally Report (Framing of Frank Shortt by Gardaí)
The Morris Tribunal/report (Framing McBreaties etc. for murder etc.)
The Hartnett Inquiry (Death of 14 year old in Garda custody)
The Barrington Report (Garda Assaults and Supt Mick Larkin cover-up)
The Lynch Tribunal/report (Kerry babies’ case, framing of Johanna Hayes)
The Barr Tribunal (Gardaí shooting dead of John Carthy)
The Ray McAndrew report (framing of Ian Bailey)
The McLochlainn Report (Gardaí shot dead a man)
The Cooke report (Gardaí bugging GSOC)
The O’Higgins Commission in 2015 (Garda Commissioners exposed framing Whistleblowers)
Fennelly Report (found NBCI discussing breaking witnesses and altering statements to frame Ian Bailey)
The Toland and Byrne report (falsification of murders and abuse of power)
The Disclosures Tribunal/report (Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan/Management framing Garda Whistle-blowers) cost over 10 million to the taxpayer Garda Homicide Investigation
Derek Penman report into cancelled 999 calls
The Crowe report 2025(Garda neglect of duty in relation to traffic offences)
Review Team: GHIRT Report by Ciaran Toland, SC, and James Byrne, BL covered up which exposed serious "worrying " problems
All reports exposed serious Garda criminality however the DPP would not prosecute any corrupt Gardaí because they also responsible for these miscarriages of justice, (Gardaí in NBCI and officers in the DPP’s were central in the framing, assaults, abuse, defamation etc. of these people, that received millions in compensation from the state) And they are still at this and it is all being covered up.
TRUE FACTS The Garda “Heavy Gang” where “given leeway” by the government “You don’t hang your own” loyalty to each other, comment by Garda Martin Leonard at the Morris Tribunal, into Garda Corruption. A trial in Limerick was adjourned until the completion of the McBrearty investigation due to the fact that the same investigating Garda detectives had been implicated and that this could affect other murder trials also. (NBCI framing people) Alan Shatter called the serious allegation involving Gardaí a “covering up” of it. DPP refused to prosecute corrupt Gardaí as they are still refusing to do. Carty inquiry not published and hidden from Dept. of Justice and the public as it exposed serious Garda corruption
“The 2006 European Committee for the prevention of Torture (ECPT) Report indicated that suspects not charged in relation to a “serious offence” ran a greater risk of ill treatment by Garda officers.” The European Committee for the prevention of Torture (ECPT) also found significant problem of ill treatment of detainees in Garda stations, in its visits. The European Committee for the prevention of Torture (ECPT) has repeatedly found support for allegations of physical abuse by Gardaí/detectives in Ireland.
“Other instances expose the government unwillingness to question the police force, such as the public controversy regarding the ‘heavy gang’ in 1978, when the government did not order an investigation into the claims.” Vicky Conway, SC.
€34 million paid out in compensation to people in 10 years, as a result of Gardaí and the DPP’s office framing people and Garda brutality. Amnesty International and council for civil liberties called for an inquiry to be establish into the events of the shooting dead of two men in Lusk during a robbery. John Carthy shot dead in Abbeylara, in Longford in April 2000. - Barr Tribunal set up. Judge Barr stated that “senior officers consistently and deliberately resorted to a policy to deprive the accused of his constitutional rights”. Despite the Judges finding against senior officers, Gardaí were supported and backed by Minister for Justice Donoghue and Garda commissioner, no criminal or discipline action taken against any senior Gardaí by the DPP, why? (Collusion and cover up again)
May Day protests in Dublin in 2002, violence committed by Gardaí filmed. 41 complaints went to the complaints board. The call for improvements in standards and external monitoring of interviews has been ignored by the government.
The disclosures Tribunal exposed the following, that:
Comm. Martin Callinan and Supt. David Taylor with the assistance of other senior Garda management, Ass. Commissioner David Sheehan, Ass. Commissioner John Twomey, Ass. Comm Noirin O Sullivan, Ass. Comm. Derek Byrne, David Sheehan and Ass. Comm. John O Mahony etc. committed the following offences in relation whistle-blowers and people in Ireland and none have ever been prosecuted by the politically connected DPP’s office?
Perjury
Intimidation
Breaches of peoples Human Rights under the ECHR
perverted the course of justice
Incitement to hatred Abuse of Power Obstruction of Justice Breached of section 62 of the Garda Siochana Act 2005
Breached the official secrets act
Misfeasance in public office
Bullying in the workplace
Deception
Defamation
Criminal Damage- destroying evidence
Trespass to persons- recklessly inflicting emotional suffering
Breached a duty of care in relation to employees
Conspiracy to commit a crime
Complicit in crimes
Attempted intimidation
Breach of the Health and Safety Act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgMfCQhO2hw
Report into garda compliance with human
rights standards will not be published
The Toland and Byrne report (falsification of murders and abuse of power) hidden and covered up? because of how serious it is and involves top gardai
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/report-into-garda-compliance-with-human-rights-standards-will-not-be-published/41515235.html
A substantial report by the Policing Authority into garda compliance with human rights standards during homicide investigations has been completed, following a major controversy over the misclassification of killings.
However, it is understood the garda watchdog does not intend to publish the report because of potential legal ramifications.
In 2020 the Policing Authority put out a tender for experts to carry out a review of homicide misclassifications within An Garda Síochána.
Legal experts Ciaran Toland, SC, and James Byrne, BL, were later awarded the tender. They submitted their report at the end of last year.
When contacted, the Policing Authority said: “The Toland and Byrne report provides advice to the Authority on the methodology for assessing compliance with the State’s procedural obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
“The aim was to ensure that the authority had a full understanding, from the perspective of human rights law, of the appropriate safeguards that need to be in place to facilitate homicide investigations in Ireland being carried out to the highest standard possible.”
When the tender was issued in 2020, it “raised eyebrows” among some within the senior ranks of An Garda Síochána, given a major review into the controversy was completed by the Garda Homicide Investigation Review Team the previous December.
In its tender, the authority praised An Garda Síochána’s “review process” and “commended the candour of the final report”. However, the authority stated it still wanted to “review the criteria through which Article Two compliance should be assessed in future cases”.
A senior security source said the Garda Homicide Investigation Review Team spent “tens of thousands of garda hours” conducting its review, which also examined garda compliance with human rights standards.
“A lot of taxpayers’ money was already spent on this garda review of all aspects of homicide classifications. Then there was this second review ordered by the Policing Authority, which no doubt also cost a lot of money, and now it seems this report will not even be published,” they said.
“It was a review of what was already a conclusive and extensive review. It seems like a waste of money, all things considered.”
In December 2019 the garda review of 41 homicide investigations between 2013 and 2015 found at least one issue arose in 28 of the cases. The Garda Homicide Investigation Review Team identified issues around data quality and misclassification.
Twelve of the deaths were reclassified as a result of the review. However, the report found the issues identified did not have an impact on the outcome of 40 of the investigations.
The former chairperson of the Policing Authority, Josephine Feehily, described the garda findings as “worrying”.
New investigation shows gardaí can violate our rights with no repercussions
https://www.iccl.ie/news/new-investigation-shows-gardai-can-violate-our-rights-with-no-repercussions/#
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) today publishes an investigation in which experienced solicitors and barristers speak of their concern that new rules on evidence give Gardaí a green light to breach rights with no consequences.
This is particularly alarming given reports by lawyers that they have seen gardaí lying when giving evidence, threatening to arrest close relatives, planting evidence and physically assaulting people. There are also concerns that the rule allows the admission of evidence gathered in clear breach of privacy rights.
The investigation was carried out by Claire Hamilton, professor of criminology at Maynooth University. It focuses on the so-called “green garda” rule under which evidence obtained unconstitutionally can be admitted if the Court believes the breach was accidental. The rule was introduced five years ago following a Supreme Court decision.
Launching the investigation, ICCL’s Doireann Ansbro:
“This investigation reveals that most unconstitutionally obtained evidence now goes in at trial. Many of the practitioners interviewed said that the Courts actually operate a presumption in favour of the admission of such evidence. Let’s be clear, this is evidence that has violated our Constitutional and human rights.”
The net effect of this is that many defence solicitors and barristers say they no longer challenge evidence that might have been gathered in a way that violates human rights. Some legal practitioners (or “lawyers interviewed”) also said that over the past five years, they have advised more clients to plead guilty because “you know you are not going to win”.
Liam Herrick, Executive Director of ICCL, said:
“ICCL is recommending that the Courts clarify this issue urgently. We need new guidance that makes clear that if evidence is gathered in a way that breaches someone’s constitutional rights it must be excluded from a trial.”
The investigation will be launched this evening with a private seminar for legal practitioners. As part of a separate EU wide investigation, ICCL has identified a number of other issues with how evidence is gathered and used in Irish Courts. Expert panellists from the legal profession will discuss remedies for rights breached during the gathering of evidence, alongside the adequacy of legal aid, and whether pre-trial hearings could reduce delays in trials.
Not even Europol trusts the gardai, and who would blame them
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