McGrail Inquiry, School Half Days, Beat Zone
In Day 2 of the reconvened McGrail Inquiry, former police commissioner Ian McGrail has accepted responsibility for not having disclosed several WhatsApps on his phone as evidence before the Inquiry at an earlier stage. He says he is kicking himself and embarrassed for not having done so but adds there was nothing sinister in his failure to disclose, merely an oversight. He said he had not deliberately withheld any evidence from the Inquiry. Jonathan Sacramento was at the Garrison Library.
Keep or scrap? The Government is considering scrapping half-days at schools and opening a consultation…
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