âMy main observation [on viewing the fake news content] is it is interesting to see the expense that would have been involved in putting forward oneâs view or criticisms of the State and the Garda SÃochána.
âAs I say, (people) are quite entitled to criticise us and ask questions of us, but that is fascinating in terms of the extent to which these particular individuals have the capacity to resource that particular way of presenting their case.â
The media event Mr OâDriscoll was addressing was being held on the day before the fifth anniversary of an attack on Dubliner Daniel Kinahan and his associates at a boxing match weigh-in at the Regency Hotel, north Dublin, during which his associate David Byrne (34) was killed and others were wounded, though Kinahan escaped uninjured.