The Commission of Investigation that examined allegations of Garda malpractice has found that officers objected to bail being granted to a violent offender who subsequently went onto murder a woman from Sixmilebridge.
The report by Justice Kevin O'Higgins into allegations by whistelblower Garda Maurice McCabe examined, in part, the case of Gerard McGrath of Dundrum in Co. Tipperary.
He was on bail in December 2007 when he murdered Sylvia Roche Kelly at a Limerick hotel.
The Sunday Times reports that the O'Higgins report found issues in McGrath's case, but does not apportion blame for Kelly's death to any Garda.
Lorcan Roche Kelly, the victim's widower, later unsuccessfully sued the state for releasing McGrath instead of keeping him in custody.
