Barr Tribunal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Justice Robert Barr's chairing of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the death of John Carthy endured many threats to its existence in its three-and-a-half years. It was marked by his fearless criticism of senior gardaí and most of the main media organisations in Ireland over their treatment of John Carthy and his family.
Justice Robert Barr's chairing of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the death of John Carthy endured many threats to its existence in its three-and-a-half years. It was marked by his fearless criticism of senior gardaí and most of the main media organisations in Ireland over their treatment of John Carthy and his family.

The Barr Tribunal was a Public Inquiry established by Resolutions passed by the Dáil Éireann and the Seanad Éireann on the 17th and 18th April 2002, and by Instrument entitled Tribunals of Inquiry Evidence Acts 1921 (Establishment of Tribunal) Instrument (No. 2) 2002 made by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on 1st July 2002. The sole member of the Tribunal was Mr Justice Robert Barr. The Tribunal was charged with investigating 'the facts and circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of John Carthy (by members of An Garda Síochána) at Abbeylara, County Longford on 20th April, 2000'.

The Tribunal reported its findings on 20 July 2006 in a 740 page report following four years of investigations at a cost of €18 million.

It concluded that there were many mistakes made by the Gardaí on the scene, but that it was not an unlawful killing. It recommended many changes to training and procedures for sieges and negotiations to prevent similar occurrences.

This law enforcement-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../b/a/r/Barr_Tribunal_0010.html"
Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.