Smithwick Tribunal report likely to be published today

Judge Peter Smithwick submitted his report last Friday to the acting Clerk of the Dáil

Mr Justice Peter Smithwick: the tribunal was set up in May 2005 and investigated privately for five years before holding public sittings in 2011

Mr Justice Peter Smithwick: the tribunal was set up in May 2005 and investigated privately for five years before holding public sittings in 2011


Preparations were under way last night to publish the final report of the Smithwick Tribunal today. The inquiry was set up more than eight years ago to examine allegations of collusion in 1989 between gardaí and the IRA killers of two senior RUC officers.

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