Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice - Morris Tribunal Report and the Garda Siochana Bill 2004

Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice - Morris Tribunal Report and the Garda Siochana Bill 2004: "It may be recalled that a Fianna Fáil Government appointed the late Judge Barra O'Briain to investigate the activities of the 'Heavy Gang' in the mid-1970s. He produced a report with detailed recommendations, ranging from the appointment of a 'custodial guardian' in each Garda Station to the provision of audio tape-recording facilities for use during questioning. Thirty years and a succession of different Governments later, not a single one of his recommendations has been implemented, apart from the very recent installation of video-recorders in some Garda stations. His recommendations would have reduced considerably the reasons for many of the complaints made against Gardai in recent times and might have stemmed the loss of confidence in the Gardai by the public. A series of high profile cases, from the Kerry Babies case to the Dean Lyons case, which raised serious public concerns about the policies and procedures of Garda investigations, met with a total lack of political response."