SHEENAGH McMAHON, the whistleblowing former wife of a disgraced detective facing the sack from the force, has revealed the full extent of the intimidation and bullying she suffered after first making a statement against him and a colleague.

The Morris Tribunal has heard that a memo circulated two years ago to Fine Gael's Jim Higgins and Labour's Brendan Howlin alleged that two high ranking member of the Gardai allowed a garda to use "trumped up" evidence to solve crimes.

The Morris Tribunal has heard that an informer facing trial for making false statements to Gardai was asked to do so by his garda handler.

The Morris Tribunal established to investigate alleged garda corruption in Donegal has heard claims that two senior gardai allowed a bomb attack to take place despite having advance knowledge.

A 47-year-old garda sergeant will face firearms charges next month, despite a legal attempt to have the charges against him dropped because of delays in the case.