Members of an Oireachtas committee investigating the 25hour siege at Abbeylara last year are expected to travel to the Co Longford village as part of their inquiry into the incident.
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality and Women's Rights is to meet today to finalise details of their inquiry into the siege and fatal shooting of Mr John Carthy in April last year.
They will announce the format of the inquiry and the initial list of witnesses. The committee chairman, Mr Sean Ardagh TD (Fianna Fail), said yesterday he expected the inquiry would take about 10 days.
It is expected witnesses will include only those who were at the scene or involved in compiling the internal Garda report.
They will include many of those who gave evidence at the inquest into Mr Carthy's death, including members of his family; gardai, including the Garda Commissioner, Mr Pat Byrne; members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit, which fired four shots at Mr Carthy; and the State Pathologist, Dr John Harbison.
The inquiry is due to begin next Tuesday, April 24th, four days after the first anniversary of Mr Carthy's death. The subcommittee formed to conduct the inquiry has powers to compel witnesses to give evidence under oath.
The six members of the subcommittee are expected to visit Abbeylara to see where the incident took place, rather than simply relying on photographs and maps.
However, the house where the shooting occurred was demolished by Longford County Council within weeks of the event. The family had been due to be re-housed in an adjoining property.
When an FBI investigation was held into the incident it was on the basis of maps and photographs because the building no longer existed.