Dublin: Justice Minister Names Panel To Review Alleged Garda Misconduct Cases: INFO

The Minister for Justice has released the names of the Barristers that will sit on the Independent Panel that will review all of the cases of Garda misconduct.

The names of the Barristers that will review the cases are as follows:


Conor Devally        ( Senior Counsel )

Aileen Donnelly      ( Senior Counsel )


Paul Carroll          ( Junior Counsel )

John Fitzgerald      ( Junior Counsel )

Tony Mc Gilligcuddy  ( Junior Counsel )

Siobhan Ni Chulachain ( Junior Counsel )

Karen O'Connor        ( Junior Counsel )

This panel was appointed by the Attorney General Marie Whelan at the request of the Minister for Justice.

This review by the Independent Panel will not involve hearings, but will consist of an examination of the
papers in each case by Counsel from the panel.

Senior Counsel will oversee the operation of the review mechanism to ensure consistency of approach across
all the cases.

Counsel will be asked to make a recommendation to the Minister on what action, if any, might be appropriate
in each case.

This recommendation will be carefully considered, following which the persons concerned will be written to in
connection with their individual case.

This review mechanism will commence shortly and is expected the majority of cases should be reviewed within a
period of 8 to 12 weeks thereafter.

Imelda Davies( www.justice4all.ie Committee):