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Wed 07 Jul 2009Bill to allow ex-garda evidence
Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has amended the Criminal Justice Bill to allow former members of An Garda Siochana to give evidence in court as to the existance of a criminal organisation.
The Bill, which has been heavily criticised in a letter today's edition of The Irish Timessigned by the State's leading criminal lawyers, is designed to expand the use of the Special Criminal Court to tackle gangland crime.
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