THE SINN FEIN DEPUTY LEADER HAS CALLED  FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO GENERAL POLICING AROUND THE CORRIB GAS PROJECT , AS A PROTEST IS PLANNED TODAY AT LEINSTER HOUSE OVER “CORRIB RAPE TAPE” CONTROVERSY.

DUBLIN DEPUTY MARY LOU MCDONALD SAYS SHE WILL BE TAKING PART IN TODAY’S LUNCHTIME PROTEST OVER THE ALLEGED RAPE REMARKS BY GARDAI ABOUT A WOMAN PROTESTER ARRESTED IN AUGHOOOSE ON THURSDAY WEEK LAST.

HOWEVER, SHE SAYS THERE IS A SERIOUS NEED FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONDUCT OF GARDAI INVOLVED IN THE SECURITY OPERATION AROUND THE ENTIRE CORRIB GAS DEVELOPMENT.

LAST NIGHT THE GARDA COMMISSIONER, MATIN CALLINAN,  APOLOGISED FOR “THE OFFENCE CAUSED TO THE COMMUNITY AND ANY HURT OR PAIN SUFFERED BY VICTIMS OF SEX CRIMES” AND SAID THAT THE FIVE GARDAI IN QUESTION HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF THE BEAT AND PUT ON DESK DUTIES WHILE A FULL INVESTIGATION IS CARRIED OUT BY THE GARDA OMBUDSMAN