Ms Josephine Feehily:

There a couple of different tensions at play. As I referenced earlier, there certainly was a tension between science and investigators. There was also a tension within the Garda side that was very visible to us. There was a range of different points of view and some of that is entirely understandable because the crime counting rules allow for balance of probability. The Deputy would be more familiar than most of us with how complicated that can get.

The authority has also referenced that until such time as there is a much stronger critical mass of senior professional civilians in the Garda Síochána, there will always be a tension between Garda uniformed and civilian personnel. That just is the way it is. That was another tension that we saw playing out.

It is impossible to avoid at least speculating that the findings were likely to be troublesome and whether there was a risk of that. I am speculating.