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Left to right: Shell to Sea campaigner John Monaghan, spokesperson Caoimhe Kerins, campaigner Jerrie Ann Sullivan and Socialist TD Joe Higgins at a press conference following the controversy last year. Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland

Final report on Corrib 'rape tape' inquiry to be published tomorrow

The final report into remarks by gardaí about one of the two female protesters who were arrested near the controversial Corrib gas pipeline project will be published at lunchtime tomorrow.

THE GARDA OMBUDSMAN will tomorrow publish its final report into recorded comments by gardaí about two female protesters who were arrested at the Corrib gas project last year.

A spokesperson for the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) confirmed this morning that the report will be released tomorrow afternoon at around lunchtime. Interested parties will receive the report a few hours before publication.

The investigation was undertaken over a year ago after a tape was released in which several gardaí joked about threatening to rape and deport one of the two women arrested for public order offences near the controversial Corrib gas project in Mayo on 31 March 2011.

An interim report last October confirmed that the recording on a video camera took place when give gardaí were travelling in a vehicle separate to the two arrested protesters. It exonerated three of the five gardaí and found no evidence of a criminal offence against any of them.

The final report will deal with disciplinary issues against two of the garda,  one of whom has since retired.

The investigation has been criticised by several academics at the National University of Ireland (NUIM) who have claimed that one of the two female protesters, Jerrie Anne Sullivan, was portrayed as “the perpetrator, rather than the victim” in the investigation and interim report.

Last December, RTÉ had to make an on-air clarification about its coverage of part of the claims following a ruling by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland on foot of a complaint by Sullivan.

The BAI said that RTÉ’s coverage of the deletion of files on the camcorder that recorded the controversial audio – which Sullivan claims were unrelated to the recording of the arrests and subsequent garda remarks - caused Sullivan “undue distress and harm”.

Interim report: Gardaí claim Corrib protesters discussed rape prior to taped remarks

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    Oct 10th 2015, 9:32 AM

    Women don’t make good comediennes.

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    Oct 10th 2015, 9:50 AM

    Says the over-thinking potato.

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    Oct 10th 2015, 10:01 AM

    No actually Christopher Hitchens said it & done an article in Vanity Fair about the fact that evolution may have made men funny as they have to be for the purpose of mating whereas women don’t require the same tactic. After several rebuttals by women including several successful female comedians it appears they only managed to confirm his hypothesis.

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    Oct 10th 2015, 10:13 AM

    James, you’re a gas man. Laughing my head off here at your witty joke!

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    Oct 10th 2015, 10:26 AM

    Oh now!

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    Oct 10th 2015, 10:48 AM

    Boobies are not light entertainment, they have no need for cheap funbag jokes.

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    Oct 10th 2015, 9:34 PM

    Similar to drivers, good women comedians are a minority

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    Oct 10th 2015, 9:36 AM

    Definitely” over thinking girl”. It’s a lot better than me. I struggle very much to read people and social situations so I end up being ” what inappropriate fecking thing did I say now ” woman. Lol

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    Mute Aoife Barry
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    Oct 10th 2015, 10:24 AM

    Glad I’m not alone in that C! I think we all have situations where we overthink – and it can be such a pain. Often it doesn’t do anything positive for us either.

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    Oct 10th 2015, 10:45 AM

    Is overtalking a thing?

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    Oct 10th 2015, 11:14 AM

    Jo Brand is a brilliant comedian, doesn’t take any crap and knows how to deliver a good story. Similar dead pan style Jack Dee. Im not a fan of Sue Perkins style as I think its very one dimensional, for me it’s more of a “look how clever and witty I am”, as opposed to delivering something funny about life. Her style seems very approval seeking.

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    Oct 10th 2015, 11:34 AM

    Great stuff Aoife! Looking forward to the next part!

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    Oct 10th 2015, 11:41 AM

    Thanks so much R! :D

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    Oct 10th 2015, 9:43 AM

    Go on,tell us a joke.

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    Oct 11th 2015, 5:10 PM

    Enda and Joan are leaders of their parties in a government together, how’s that dj lol.

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    Oct 10th 2015, 12:23 PM

    Fair play to you Aoife! It takes courage to step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself.

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    Oct 10th 2015, 1:06 PM

    Jim Jefferies,Doug Stanhope,George Carlin,Bill Hicks – all highly recommended

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    Oct 10th 2015, 5:12 PM

    Oh yes, I’ll add Louis CK.if you don’t mind. Doug Stanhope talking about the death of his mother is worth a watch…

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