Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

The point about the cell renovation was not that cells were renovated subsequently but that the cell in question was immediately painted and renovated before it could be investigated. That is suspicious rather than something good. The suggestion is that with his bare hands, Terence tunnelled into the walls of the cell, found an anchor point to tie the cord of his tracksuit, which he was left with, and hanged himself while he was on his knees. This is very problematic.

I have two basic requests from the family, the first of which is that the Minister for Justice would meet them to discuss these issues and their call for a public inquiry. The family can give the Minister multiple pieces of evidence which indicate all of the problems with the circumstances of Terence's death and with the GSOC inquiry which followed. The second request is for an independent public inquiry. That is the only way we can get to the bottom of this matter so that the family can feel they have gotten justice. Otherwise we will be raising this again and again and the Minister will force the family to continue to struggle and fight for justice for Terence.

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