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

I raise the case of the death of Margaret Bracken, whose body was discovered at her home in Dundalk on 16 December 2019. The Garda very quickly concluded that there was nothing suspicious about the circumstances of her death. That conclusion was reached extremely quickly, with the sergeant and inspector having spent less than ten minutes in the house before doing so. However, they ignored all of the evidence, which strongly suggested that a robbery and struggle had preceded the heart attack the post-mortem found she died from. They ignored the fact that her body was naked and that her handbag, which had a large sum of money inside, had been robbed. They also ignored the fact that her final call had been to 999, that the CCTV control box was missing, that the kitchen table had been completely cleared, which was very unusual, and that all the plugs were unplugged. The family have been let down extremely badly by the Garda. Ms Bracken's daughter has spoken to the Tánaiste. Does the Taoiseach agree that, at the very least, we need to have a coroner's inquiry into this death as soon as possible?

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