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| Judicial review denied into hiring of PSNI deputy as Irish police chief | Judicial review denied into hiring of PSNI deputy as Irish police chief |
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| A legal attempt to challenge the Irish state’s decision to hire the deputy head of police in Northern Ireland as the boss of its own police and security service has been dismissed in Dublin’s high court. | A legal attempt to challenge the Irish state’s decision to hire the deputy head of police in Northern Ireland as the boss of its own police and security service has been dismissed in Dublin’s high court. |
| The application for a judicial review into the hiring of Police Service of Northern Ireland deputy chief constable Drew Harris as Garda commissioner was made by a Belfast man. | The application for a judicial review into the hiring of Police Service of Northern Ireland deputy chief constable Drew Harris as Garda commissioner was made by a Belfast man. |
| Ciaran MacAirt, whose grandmother Kathleen Irvine was killed in one of the worst atrocities in the Troubles in 1971, had argued such an appointment would have been a breach of Ireland’s national security. | Ciaran MacAirt, whose grandmother Kathleen Irvine was killed in one of the worst atrocities in the Troubles in 1971, had argued such an appointment would have been a breach of Ireland’s national security. |
| Irvine was one of 15 people killed by loyalists in the bombing of McGurk’s Bar in Belfast in 1971. | Irvine was one of 15 people killed by loyalists in the bombing of McGurk’s Bar in Belfast in 1971. |
| Justice Denis McDonald told the high court on Wednesday that the application did not meet the requirements for leave, and had little chance of success, had it proceeded through the courts. | Justice Denis McDonald told the high court on Wednesday that the application did not meet the requirements for leave, and had little chance of success, had it proceeded through the courts. |
| “I have significant sympathy for the applicant for his appalling family tragedy, but the court’s fundamental rule is, unless there is a very strong reason to take a different view, there is no reason to do so. | “I have significant sympathy for the applicant for his appalling family tragedy, but the court’s fundamental rule is, unless there is a very strong reason to take a different view, there is no reason to do so. |
| PSNI deputy chief constable to head Ireland's police force | PSNI deputy chief constable to head Ireland's police force |
| “All the allegations relied upon took place in Northern Ireland, no allegations were made that there is any ongoing investigation into the atrocity where the applicant’s grandmother was killed. | “All the allegations relied upon took place in Northern Ireland, no allegations were made that there is any ongoing investigation into the atrocity where the applicant’s grandmother was killed. |
| “Or any mention of any investigation by Gardaí that Mr Harris would have been involved in. I cannot think I have any alternative in this case.” | “Or any mention of any investigation by Gardaí that Mr Harris would have been involved in. I cannot think I have any alternative in this case.” |
| Belfast man launches legal challenge against top Garda appointment | Belfast man launches legal challenge against top Garda appointment |
| MacAirt had argued Harris’s previous roles in the PSNI and the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and his associated connections with the UK security and intelligence community, rendered him unsuitable to lead the Republic of Ireland’s police force. | MacAirt had argued Harris’s previous roles in the PSNI and the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and his associated connections with the UK security and intelligence community, rendered him unsuitable to lead the Republic of Ireland’s police force. |
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