The murder of 19 year old Una Lynskey is set to be the subject of a Garda cold case review 52 years after she was snatched from a roadside in County Meath.

But behind the mystery lie layers of scandalous allegations surrounding the Garda’s so called Heavy Gang - a team of interrogators who have been criticised for extracting false confessions in murder cases from suspects using force, coercion and even violence.

So should the Gardai be investigating their own or is it time for a full public enquiry into their activies throughout the 1970s and 1980s?

Nicola speaks to award winning Irish Daily Mail journalist and columnist Jenny Friel who has written extensively about their Lynskey case and the ripple effects it has had on families, friends and a community torn apart by the heavy handed tactics of Gardaí.

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