The leaking of the Garda report into the killing of Mr John Carthy in Abbeylara on Holy Thursday has done little to reduce suspicion in the village about the facts surrounding the tragedy.
Yesterday those who would speak about the incident were far from satisfied with what they had heard in media reports about the event.
A friend of the family, Mr Vincent Quinn, repeated what he had said at the outset that nothing short of an independent public inquiry would clear the air.
"The family and local people here know what they want and they intend to get it," he said.
Other people in the town yesterday morning were of the same opinion, but there was much sympathy for the local gardai.
Locals said that when they lost control on the operation it "went wrong".
The details of the report added little to local knowledge about the fatal event.
People are also unhappy that the Carthy home was demolished by Longford County Council within weeks of the killing.
"Not only did they toss the house but they also paved and realigned the road so the place looks absolutely different than it did back in Holy Week," said one woman who did not want to be named.
She said the speedy demolition "has added to the air of unreality". Yesterday, in anticipation of yet more journalists descending on the town, Mr Carthy's mother was not at her new house which stands only yards from the site of the old family home.
Locals put the same questions that have been posed by the Carthy family, who have retained Dublin-based solicitor Mr Michael Finucane to act for them.
Why, they asked, was Mr Finucane not allowed access to John Carthy? Why was he not given cigarettes when he asked for them?
Why was his psychiatrist not allowed to try to communicate with him and why could he not have been wounded instead of killed? Were the gardai involved appropriately trained?
Local residents say they want answers.
