The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth.

Amidst the harrowing details which emerged at the recent inquest into the tragic deaths, last year, of the young Crossmaglen couple, who died in the horrific crash at Longwalk, Dundalk, one thing was abundantly clear.

Telling the truth does not appear to feature on the curriculum at the Garda Training College in Templemore in any shape, or form.

Surely it can't simply be a coincidence that so many Gardai are willing to lie under oath in a Court.

There must a a chapter in the training manual instructing them to be very economical with the truth, in view of the high number of incidences that we've seen in the media of late.

It is a shocking realisation, the fact that in a lot of cases the poor unfortunate in the dock may have more integrity that the law enforcement officer giving evidence against him.