Creeslough row Jim: Not my job to be sensitive

THE Minister for Justice has said his job was not to be sensitive, but to ensure justice was delivered, when asked if his refusal to meet families affected by the Creeslough tragedy was insensitive.

- BY BAIRBRE HOLMES

Jim O'Callaghan was speaking at a cross-border police conference held by An Garda Siochana and the PSNI in Co Cavan yesterday.

On Friday, the mum of Leona Harper, 14, who died in the 2022 explosion, told UTV his rejection of a request for a further meeting was a “slap in the face”.