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Fri 01 Jan 2009Injured prisoners told doctors of 'Goon Squad'
RUC BRUTALITY FILE:IN A revealing note on the RUC brutality file, Dr Maurice Hayes (the future Northern Ireland Ombudsman and a member of Seanad Éireann 1997-2007) reported a meeting with Dr Robert Irwin, one of the police surgeons, on April 4th, 1978.
Irwin struck the official as "a completely credible witness . . . concerned about his own professional standards and aware of the difficulties of the police. He is not a troublemaker or an agitator but is concerned with the public good . . . and with the human rights of persons in custody".
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