TWO of the four gardaí severely criticised in this week’s Morris Tribunal reports have been dismissed from the force.

THE Morris Tribunal was unable to stand up claims that a garda detective urged a small-time crook to fabricate a story that he received a death threat from members of the extended McBrearty family.

The Silver Bullet affair began in August 1997, when a petty criminal from Sligo, Bernard Conlon, was found drinking after hours in a Raphoe nightclub owned by the McBrearty family.

The Morris Tribunal into garda corruption in Donegal today concluded its sub-module into the detention of Michael Peoples.

A FORMER garda accused of intimidating a man wrongly arrested for murder failed to appear to give evidence at the Morris Tribunal yesterday.

A former garda accused of intimidating a man wrongly arrested for murder failed to appear to give evidence at the Morris Tribunal today.

Minister for Justice Michael McDowell today vowed to publish the latest garda corruption findings from the Morris Tribunal as soon as he gets the go-ahead from the High Court.

Minister for Justice Michael McDowell is to seek directions from the High Court today regarding the publication of the latest reports from the Morris Tribunal.

Damning reports alleging corruption and negligence among gardaí in Donegal in the 1990s will be made public within the next 10 days.

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.

An illiterate Sligo man today today denied lying to the Morris Tribunal about a series of bizarre letters.

A handwriting expert today identified another garda who forged witness expenses for an illiterate Sligo man.

A dead garda who was wrongly blamed for forged witness expenses today had his reputation cleared in front of his family.

A retired detective superintendent, who was criticised in a Morris Tribunal report, today said another officer was engaged in a conspiracy to discredit him over the Silver Bullet affair.

A garda superintendent drafted in to investigate false expenses claims in the Donegal division today denied vital evidence was covered up in a conspiracy to frame a junior officer.

A garda superintendent drafted in to investigate false expenses claims in the Donegal division today insisted he played no part in a conspiracy to frame a junior officer.

A suspended Donegal garda detective claimed today his career had been ruined, his family life destroyed and that he had been shunned by the community over allegations he framed a publican.

A suspended Donegal garda sergeant today produced almost 130 instances where he claimed a key witness at the Morris Tribunal had lied.

A GARDA who was prosecuted for obtaining false loss of earning certificates for a witness in a prosecution against the McBreartys did not consider it a big sin when he did it, a solicitor said yesterday.

A garda who was prosecuted for obtaining false loss of earning certificates for a witness in a prosecution against the McBreartys did not consider it a big sin when he did it, a solicitor said today.

THE claim that gardaí weren’t aware a member of the extended McBrearty family had an alibi for the night he was alleged to have threatened a witness with a silver bullet is laughable, a former detective sergeant said.

The claim gardaí weren’t aware a member of the extended McBrearty family had an alibi for the night he was alleged to have threatened a witness with a silver bullet is laughable, a former detective sergeant said today.

A former detective sergeant today said his life had been totally destroyed by accusations he set up a false death threat allegation against members of the McBrearty family.

A witness who alleged he was threatened with a silver bullet by two members of the extended McBrearty family did so because he was devious, a former detective sergeant said today.

A former detective sergeant described a secret meeting between gardaí over a witness’s past as if it was something from a John Le Carre novel, the Morris Tribunal chairman said today.

A former garda officer today denied he was involved in a false allegation of bribery against a private detective hired by the McBrearty family to clear their name.

SUSPENDED Detective Sergeant John White was shocked and afraid when he was arrested and brought in for questioning at his own garda station, the Morris Tribunal into garda corruption in Donegal heard yesterday.

A suspended detective was shocked and afraid when he was arrested and brought in for questioning at his own garda station, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A SUSPENDED garda at the centre of the Morris Tribunal’s investigations said yesterday he believed garda chiefs wanted to scapegoat him for garda corruption in Co Donegal in the 1990s.

A suspended garda at the centre of the Morris Tribunal’s current investigations today said he believed Garda chiefs wanted to ’scapegoat’ him for corruption in the force in Co Donegal in the 1990s.

A suspended garda at the centre of the Morris Tribunal today revealed he suffers from depression and is seeing a psychiatrist.

A SUSPENDED detective sergeant yesterday broke down at the Morris Tribunal after he challenged the inquiry to summon his wife and mother to support an alibi.

A suspended detective sergeant today broke down at the Morris Tribunal after he challenged the inquiry to summon his wife and mother to support an alibi.

A detective ignored claims made by a petty criminal because he was a garda groupie who often cried wolf, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

Some Co Donegal gardaí tarnished after-hours drinking prosecutions against a Raphoe publican by planting a found-on in the pub, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A DETECTIVE sergeant was suspected of having an unethical involvement with a witness in cases against the McBrearty family in Donegal, a member of an internal garda investigation team said yesterday.

Detective Sergeant John White was already suspected of unethical involvement with a witness before the arrest of the witness who implicated him, a top garda claimed today.

The use of patrol cars to drive a witness from Sligo to Donegal to testify against the McBrearty family in a licensing case was totally unusual and totally against regulations, a member of an internal Garda investigation team said today.

A STATE witness to alleged after-hours drinking in a Donegal nightclub was called “a State w**ker” outside court by family members of the venue’s owners, the Morris Tribunal heard yesterday.

A witness who falsely alleged he had received a death threat with a silver bullet seemed genuinely traumatised when he reported the incident, a Sligo garda inspector said today.

A witness to the Morris Tribunal could face criminal proceedings if it is decided he has obstructed the hearing, the chairman warned today.

Dishonest transactions were not normal practice at Sligo garda station, a former garda who was prosecuted for passing on false loss of earnings certificates said today.

A retired Garda today denied that he was blaming a dead colleague for forgeries to cover his own tracks.