McCabe Killers released

El Siglo

Anyone see this.

Two men who were convicted of the manslaughter of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe have been released from Castlerea Prison.

Detective McCabe was killed during an armed raid on a post office van in Adare, Co Limerick, in 1996.

Kevin Walsh from Limerick and Pearse McCauley from Strabane, Co Tyrone, had been given 14-year sentences for the manslaughter of the Limerick detective.

AdvertisementThey have completed ten-and-a half years of their sentences, having previously served a year on remand.

The two walked out of the Co Roscommon prison shortly after 7am this morning where they were met by Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris. They were then driven away in a van without making any comment.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams issued a statement following the men's release.

He said the two men had some years ago expressed their 'deep regret and apologised' for the hurt and grief caused to the families of Garda McCabe and Garda Ben O'Sullivan, who was injured in the raid.

Mr Adams said that he believed the apology was genuine and 'it echoes the sentiments of republicans everywhere'.

He added that he 'deeply regrets the great loss and hurt suffered by the McCabe and O'Sullivan families'.

'The release of Kevin Walsh and Pearse McCauley comes at the end of their sentences, despite them being qualifying IRA prisoners under the Good Friday Agreement', he said.

I'm hardly the only one here that thinks this is disgraceful, that these basterds are released and that worse still they were met by Martin Ferris.

stovelid

Very silly of Ferris (or any other elected representative) to meet them, but I expected no better.

I think they should have served a much longer sentence, and opposed any talk of their release under the GFA, but I guess they've done the time given to them now....

/shrugs.

prinz

Well it shows Ferris and Sinn Fein for what they truly are. For that I am eternally grateful. Cnuts.

humanji

I can't remember the details of the case, but why were they eligable for release under the GFA when they robbed a post office?

General Zod

humanji wrote: »

I can't remember the details of the case, but why were they eligable for release under the GFA when they robbed a post office?

They weren't released under the terms of the GFA.

prinz

humanji wrote: »

I can't remember the details of the case, but why were they released under the GFA when they robbed a post office?

Important to note they didn't even rob anything IIRC, they riddled the two gardai and left. Well you know how it is, murdering one and attempting to murder another officer in Limerick undoutedly brought a socialist united Ireland sooooo much closer.

mike kelly

They have served their sentence and are now entitled to be released

El Siglo

stovelid wrote: »

Very silly of Ferris (or any other elected representative) to meet them, but I expected no better.

I think they should have served a much longer sentence, and opposed any talk of their release under the GFA, but I guess they've done the time given to them now....

/shrugs.

Yeh but wasn't that not an issue before (i.e. after the GFA), in that these scumbags were not operating under the IRA at the time of the robbery and that it was a private job, i.e. "It later admitted that individual members were involved - the IRA said "in contravention of its orders"". It's a f*cked up situation either way.

Aidric

It doesn't make nice reading but they've done their time. The most sickening aspect of that article was that Martin Ferris met them on their release.

mikedragon32

Convicted criminals released after serving their sentence shocker!

Irish Halo

humanji wrote: »

I can't remember the details of the case, but why were they eligable for release under the GFA when they robbed a post office?

General Zod wrote: »

They weren't released under the terms of the GFA.

Weren't released but were eligible:

'The release of Kevin Walsh and Pearse McCauley comes at the end of their sentences, despite them being qualifying IRA prisoners under the Good Friday Agreement', he said.

Don't understand why though

El Siglo

Isn't a pity we had to get rid of this.

mike65

You can be damned sure that if an election were coming the Shinners would have been nowhere near those two in public. That an elected representative was at the gate to greet the murderer (I shall use no other word) of Jerry McCabe at all tells us how far SF still have to go.

thomond2006

Why the **** would anyone vote Sinn Fein or Fianna Fail?

davyjose

thomond2006 wrote: »

Why the **** would anyone vote Sinn Fein?

Why the **** would anyone vote Fianna Fail?

ben bedlam

Those murderers are complete filth, and Sinn Fein are complete filth for supporting such low-life rotten scum.

engrish?

thomond2006 wrote: »

Why the **** would anyone vote Sinn Fein or Fianna Fail?

Because Mary Lou is a ride :pac:

thomond2006

engrish? wrote: »

Because Mary Lou is a ride :pac:

Sounds like the name of a donkey.

Oh wait......

homerjay2005

theres 2 ways of looking at this -

1 - they are murderes, this was a tragic event and they should live in prison for the rest of their lives. B*stards. and sinn fein are b*astards too.

2 - (northern) ireland has moved on in the last 15 years. the GFA has helped this and its a tragic event that should never have happened. but also, almost 4,000 others were killed in ireland in the past and all their families will tell you that this event was no more tragic than their loss. these people who murdered them probably all still walk the streets or have been released also. Martin Ferris is a good politician who knows what he is doing.


the reality, is somewhere in between. i think these lads would have been released anyway, they were perhaps exempt from the early release claus in the agreement.

DamoDLK

El Siglo wrote: »

Isn't a pity we had to get rid of this.

Capital murder - Punishment should have been death - the ultimate deterrent.

rcs

They pretty much had the run of Castlerea prison while they were there anyway... so being released shouldn't come as too big a shock to the system...

Bring back capital punishment for scum like this

bernardo mac

I hope Walsh and McCauley do not have the gall to to appear on the media to reinvent their image and inflict more pain on the family of Gerry McCabe.The public should ensure their sentence continues outside Castlerea's walls by rejecting them as lowlife criminals and enemies of the state.

Dartz

DamoDLK wrote: »

Capital murder - Punishment should have been death - the ultimate deterrent.

It's unconstitutional to even discuss bringing back the Death Penalty, let alone holding a referendum over it.

I wonder what moron had that idea. Probably the same sort of idiots who insist there will never be car accidents if everyone followed the speed limits exactly, or that each and every Nuclear Power station is a Chernobyl waiting to happen....

Vigilante justice tiem nao plz?

Rev. Kitchen

mikedragon32 wrote: »

Convicted criminals released after serving their sentence shocker!

Poster completely missis the point of the thread shocker !!

mike65

bernardo mac wrote: »

I hope Walsh and McCauley do not have the gall to to appear on the media to reinvent their image and inflict more pain on the family of Gerry McCabe.

This is what will happen I fear. I'd hoped they'd be given two Ryanair tickets told to get the fupp out but I suspect a programme of whitewashing will begin, dried blood is hard to shift so it might take a while but SF will persist and sadly elements in the media (who want a "story") will aid this. No doubt they'll be painted by SF machine as victims of a conflict now largely settled and they now have to pick up the pieces and rebuild thier shattered lives yadda yadda yadda.

Fracture

Im lookin at it like this, Martin Ferris is an idiot for having anything to do with them, its simply stupid on his and sinn feins part.
The 2 men served their time (well most of it).
None of us were there when jerry mcCabe was killed, so none of us know what happened or what was going through the mens mind to make them shoot 2 garda, im not sticking up for them but i dont think anyone has the right to be calling them scumbags etc, after all they served their time and regret what they did.
You are talking about capital punishment? I dont think you would like capital punishment if you were gonna be hanged/shot/gased etc, especially if you were wrongly accussed of a crime you didnt commit.

Alun

DamoDLK wrote: »

Capital murder - Punishment should have been death - the ultimate deterrent.

Yeah, because that's been proven to work so well in the states in the US that have it doesn't it? Virtually no violent crimes or murder there, oh no :rolleyes:

DamoDLK

Dartz wrote: »

It's unconstitutional to even discuss bringing back the Death Penalty, let alone holding a referendum over it.

Art 15 5.2º tre bien rodney!

davyjose

DamoDLK wrote: »

Art 15 5.2º tre bien rodney!

Que?

Manic Moran

Alun wrote: »

Yeah, because that's been proven to work so well in the states in the US that have it doesn't it? Virtually no violent crimes or murder there, oh no :rolleyes:

The re-offence rate is very, very low.

Don't understand why though

Probably along the lines of they could be eligible for release from any sentences relating to PIRA membership or activities relating to Northern Ireland. Just they had a common criminal conviction as well.

What's with the 'manslaughter' business in the OP's article though?

NTM

WillieCocker

engrish? wrote: »

Because Mary Lou is a ride :pac:

I'd say she's had her fair share allright.:pac: