The Morris Tribunal was a public inquiry to address allegations of the 1990s and early 2000s against the Garda Síochána, the national police force of Ireland. Subjects explored included suggestions of corrupt and dishonest policing in County Donegal but recommendations and conclusions have more widespread consequences and importance.
The Morris Tribunal was created by a resolution of the Oireachtas on 28 March 2002 and by Instrument entitled Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act, 1921 (Establishment of Tribunal) Instrument, 2002 made by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on 24 April 2002.
Its formal title was The Tribunal of Inquiry into complaints concerning some Gardaí of the Donegal Division. It is known as the Morris tribunal after its Chairman and Sole Member, Mr Justice Frederick Morris, a former president of the Irish High Court and a judge of the Special Criminal Court.
The tribunal concluded its public hearings in December 2007. Its final report was issued in October 2008.
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