INQUEST TOLD NO TIME TO CALL NEGOTIATOR

THERE was no time to call a negotiator to the scene where George Nkencho was holding a knife, an inspector has said.

- BY GRÁINNE NÍ AODHA and BAIRBRE HOLMES

A Garda dispatcher explained how she shared information that Mr Nkencho had mental health issues, while a second dispatcher in charge of the deployment of armed gardai said he did not see the mental health information.

Mr Nkencho, 27, died outside his home in west Dublin on December 30, 2020 after being shot multiple times by members of the Garda Armed Support Unit.