TRIBUTES were paid to one of the country’s best known solicitors, Gordon Holmes, who died in Limerick.

A Clondalkin man has been acquitted of pointing a loaded gun at gardaí while resisting arrest but was found guilty of possessing the weapon in suspicious circumstances.

A Clondalkin man accused of pointing a loaded gun at gardaí while resisting arrest has been convicted of possessing the weapon in suspicious circumstances.

THE Chairman of Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) Joe Walsh conceded yesterday it will never be possible to guarantee that equestrian sport will be totally clean, but new regulations will see HSI succeed as much “as humanly possible”.

HARASSMENT. Appalling dereliction of duty. Terrible injustice. Endemic corruption. Shocking scandals.

GARDA commissioner Fachtna Murphy issued a chilling warning about a new drugs threat facing this country known as crystal meth.

A garda was sacked this year over his dealings with a woman who was stopped at a checkpoint, it was revealed today.

The Garda Ombudsman Commission is reportedly struggling to cope with the huge number of complaints it has received since being set up just 10 months ago.

JACK LYNCH’S government established a committee to inquire into Garda brutality following a damning inquiry by Amnesty International.

The former chair of the Garda Complaints Board today said he regretted not being able to fully investigate claims of corruption and harassment among members in Donegal.

A former top official with the Garda Complaints Board today said there was nothing special about a string of accusations received by the office in 1997 about alleged garda misconduct in Donegal.

A shamed former garda today strongly denied any involvement in the death 11 years ago of Donegal cattle dealer, Richie Barron.

Former Taoiseach John Bruton today denied trying to silence one of his TDs who led a campaign to help a Donegal family expose garda corruption.

The Garda today flatly dismissed scathing criticism over its alleged inability to apologise for wrongdoing.

At the launch yesterday of the annual report of the Garda Complaints Board for 2006, the chairman, Gordon Holmes, called for a reappraisal of the licensing laws in light of the increase in public order offences taking place around the country after closing time. This has been partly responsible for growing number of complaints against the gardaí.

The Garda Complaints Boards today launched a stinging attack on the force’s attitude to wrongdoing within its ranks.

Confidential documents held by a solicitor could dismiss the credibility of a Donegal publican, it was claimed today.

Gardaí in Donegal used licensing laws to harass a publican, a solicitor claimed today.

Two campaigners against the Corrib gas project in Co Mayo will be among the first people to lodge complaints to the new Garda Ombudsman Commission today.

The Garda Ombudsman Commission was officially launched today.

THE new Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission will investigate the controversial death of a young man who was fatally injured in Lucan last March after being struck by a car driven by an off-duty garda.

THE Garda Ombudsman Commission, which will officially start operating next Wednesday, is expected to deal with an estimated 4,000 complaints annually against members of the garda force.

Journalist Frank Connolly today revealed he was aware former Taoiseach John Bruton pressured Fine Gael colleagues not to help a Donegal family’s battle against garda corruption.

Elite armed gardaí are to be supplied with more non-lethal weapons like stun guns, the Government decided today.

FRANK MCBREARTY Senior yesterday called for an investigation into claims that a member of the Garda Complaints Board lobbied politicians highlighting victimisation in Donegal.

Frank McBrearty Senior today called for an investigation into claims that a member of the Garda Complaints Board lobbied politicians highlighting victimisation in Donegal.

An MEP forgot a former Taoiseach warned him to stop raising the issue of garda corruption in the Dáil until he spoke with a journalist, the Morris Tribunal was told today.

FORMER Taoiseach John Bruton ordered party colleague Jim Higgins to ease off on raising the issue of garda corruption in the Dáil, the Morris Tribunal was told yesterday.

FORMER Fine Gael TD Jim Higgins, who championed the McBrearty family’s fight against garda corruption, was warned off the cause by former Taoiseach John Bruton, it was claimed yesterday.

Former Taoiseach John Bruton told his Fine Gael colleague Jim Higgins not to champion the cause of the McBrearty family, it was claimed today.

THE findings of a long-awaited garda inquiry into the fatal shooting of a young Irish soldier in Lebanon was finally revealed to his family last night.

The wife of a man wrongly arrested as a murder suspect wept today as she told the Morris Tribunal their lives have been shattered and destroyed by his arrest.

A young rugby player who assaulted the 14-year-old son of a garda has been ordered to carry out 25 hours community service in lieu of three months imprisonment.

FORMAL allegations that gardaí were verbally and physically abusive at a recent anti-Shell protest in Mayo have been sent to the Garda Complaints Board.

A jury expressed concerns today after a father-of-10 was shot dead months after he contacted the Garda Complaints Board alleging officers had failed to act over threatening phone-calls.

CHAIRPERSONS of boards of State bodies will be paid more than the average industrial wage for what is essentially part-time work following a Government decision to increase their remuneration.

A MOTHER-OF-SIX broke down in tears as she recalled the physical abuse her husband alleged he suffered in garda custody, left both of them fighting depression.

A father-of-six gave a detailed account of his ill treatment in custody to a private investigator just seven months after his arrest, it emerged today.

The Government is to introduce a new code of discipline for the Gardaí after another series of damning reports from the Morris Tribunal.

THE Garda Complaints Board (GCB) yesterday strongly criticised gardaí for using the system to avoid answering serious complaints of abuse.

The chairman of the Garda Complaints Board has said he believes it's wrong that the State pays pensions to gardaí who retire before serious complaints against them are investigated.

OUTSTANDING cases involving alleged garda abuses during the May Day 2002 clashes are due to be completed by the end of the year, it was confirmed yesterday.

THREE reports on garda corruption in Donegal compiled by the Morris Tribunal were handed to Justice Minister Michael McDowell yesterday.

Three separate reports on garda corruption in Donegal compiled by the Morris Tribunal were today handed to Justice Minister Michael McDowell.