Peter Smithwick
22 results
Next Friday morning, a group, mostly men, mostly late middle-aged, hope and expect to hear a ruling from Mr Justice Bernard McCloskey in the Royal Cou(...)
Project Eagle: All-Ireland inquiry on Nama sale would lack power
- Politics
- September 14, 2016, 01:00
There has been a certain lack of conviction in the calls for an all-Ireland inquiry into Nama’s controversial sale of the Project Eagle portfolio. Th(...)
Garda training programme revamped
- Crime & Law
- August 27, 2014, 19:57
The first Garda recruits in five years will undergo a revamped training programme when they report to the Garda College in Templemore, Co Tipperary(...)
Shatter orders urgent inquiry into taping of prisoner-to-solicitor calls
- Politics
- April 2, 2014, 22:14
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has asked the Inspector of Prisons to carry out an urgent investigation into the circumstances surrounding th(...)
Garda tapes could re-open Smithwick investigation, says solicitor
- Crime & Law
- March 28, 2014, 09:18
The Commission of Investigation into the Garda bugging affair must investigate if there were any “smoking gun” evidence that would confirm that(...)
Contesting Smithwick key finding
- Crime & Law
- January 29, 2014, 01:00
When Judge Peter Smithwick in December published his tribunal finding that he was “satisfied there was collusion in the murders” of RUC Chief Supt Har(...)
Former detective to appeal any denial of Smithwick Tribunal costs
- Politics
- January 27, 2014, 13:34
Any move to deny a former Dundalk-based detective sergeant his legal costs for eight years at the Smithwick Tribunal, would be challenged in the High (...)
Poaching listeners and presenters is becoming a habit
- TV, Radio, Web
- December 7, 2013, 01:00
RTÉ bosses nervous about staff being poached by their commercial rivals would have done well to avoid Wednesday’s Ray D’Arcy Show (Today FM, weekdays)(...)
The world which both subversives and police inhabit is full of moral hazard
- Crime & Law
- December 7, 2013, 00:01
“We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on those who would harm us.” George Orwell’s observation, as paraphrased by Ric(...)
Smithwick findings ‘won’t sour’ PSNI-Garda relationship
- Crime & Law
- December 5, 2013, 21:02
Relations between police in the Republic and Northern Ireland will not be soured by the findings of the Smithwick report, the PSNI chief constable has(...)


