Barr fails to answer a fundamental question

The Barr Report, despite its thousands of words and its millions of euro, has failed to answer the fundamental question asked of it: did gardai have an alternative course of action open to them other than shooting John Carthy dead at Abbeylara some six years ago?

The Barr Report has spent many months - at a cost of €18 million - investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting. However, nothing it has come up ...