A former senior garda officer sacked after being branded corrupt today compared the force to the military junta rulers brutally opposing democracy in Burma.

The former top garda in Donegal today said he never sanctioned a crackdown on breaches of the liquor licensing law carried out by certain gardaí in the county during the late 1990s.

A private detective identified within 24 hours the source of blackmail calls to an innocent man during a murder investigation, but it took gardaí years to get the same information, it emerged today.

The former top garda in Donegal today said he supported the adjournment of dozens of District Court summonses against a publican over credibility issues with prosecuting gardaí.

The former top garda in Donegal today took responsibility for an unorthodox affidavit used to fight a bitter lawsuit against a publican who claimed harassment.

The former top garda in Donegal today claimed he was not concerned with licensing breaches at a nightclub whose owners allege they suffered orchestrated police harassment.

Garda chiefs were aware of rampant illegal bugging of conversations between solicitors and their clients in garda stations nationwide, it was claimed today.

Gardaí in Donegal have erected a blue wall around them that will not be penetrated or demolished, it was claimed today.

Gardaí are seeking to question convicted child killer Robert Howard about a series of unsolved murders of women, it emerged today.

GARDA Commissioner Noel Conroy yesterday said he could not stop senior gardaí strongly criticised in Morris Tribunal reports from retiring.

A COMPLAINT by the McBrearty family against a detective sergeant who was accused of borrowing money from publicans in Donegal prompted the campaign of intimidation and false accusations which ultimately led to the Morris Tribunal.

The two senior serving gardaí criticised by the Morris Tribunal this week are reportedly entitled to take early retirement on full pensions.

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Judge Frederick Morris’ report on the flawed garda investigation into the death of Donegal cattle dealer Richie Barron highlighted some shocking mistakes and inadequacies in the inquiry.Judge Frederick Morris’ report on the flawed garda investigation into the death of Donegal cattle dealer Richie Barron highlighted some shocking mistakes and inadequacies in the inquiry.

The second interim report of the Morris Tribunal into allegations of Garda corruption in Donegal is to be published this summer, it emerged today.

A former Donegal garda plotted to blackmail the county’s most senior officer by secretly taping a conversation with him over the IRA’s torture of an informer, it emerged today.

A CHIEF superintendent ordered an exhumation of the body of Raphoe cattle dealer Richie Barron to be cancelled because a new post mortem could have been disastrous for a garda murder inquiry, the Morris Tribunal was told yesterday.

A former garda broke down at the Morris Tribunal today as he revealed the reason he denied an extortion phone call was made from his home for eight years.

A disgraced former garda superintendent today challenged his former chief to quash rumours he was given a €6,500 bribe.

A sacked superintendent said a murder investigation was “a shambles” when he took it over in Co Donegal in 1997, the Moriarty Tribunal heard today.

A sacked superintendent tried to plant explosives on a Co Donegal farm in 1997 but was “outwitted” by his garda informer, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

The former head of the Donegal garda division said he was “sceptical” that an unreliable informer had been tortured by the IRA, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A retired head of the Donegal garda division today said he blamed sacked superintendent Kevin Lennon for the events that led to the Morris Tribunal.

DISGRACED former Garda Superintendent Kevin Lennon told a tribunal into garda corruption yesterday he had stopped the exhumation of the body of cattle dealer Richie Barron at the request of his superior.

A GARDA involved in the botched investigation into the death of a Raphoe cattle dealer apparently admitted he was paranoid and wanted to “nail” Frank McBrearty Snr, it emerged yesterday.

A garda involved in the botched investigation into the death of a Raphoe cattle dealer apparently admitted he was paranoid and wanted to “nail” Frank McBrearty snr, it emerged today.

A SENIOR Garda officer yesterday denied telling a "pack of lies" to the Morris Tribunal into garda corruption to protect the reputation of the force.

A senior Garda officer today denied telling a “pack of lies” to the Morris Tribunal to protect the reputation of the force.

TWO gardaí at the centre of a garda corruption inquiry concerning the investigation into the death of Donegal cattle dealer Richie Barron were last night sacked from the force.

Two gardaí who are central to an inquiry into a mysterious hit-and-run which sparked the Morris Tribunal were tonight sacked from the force.

A senior Garda officer in Donegal admitted he had considered arresting another member of the force who was under an “aura of suspicion”.

In an article carried on October 20 under the headline "Murder Probe Gardaí told colleagues to lie", reference was incorrectly made in the second paragraph to Chief Superintendent Denis Fitzpatrick.

A disgraced Superintendent who orchestrated fake IRA explosive dumps across county Donegal was today sacked from An Garda Siochana.

Hoax IRA arms dumps, corrupt senior gardaí, and claims of harassment have already rocked An Garda Siochana yet tomorrow sees the start of another two years of inquiry.

YESTERDAY’S graduation ceremony at Templemore was a symbolic one: the first since the publication of the Morris Tribunal’s interim report on Garda corruption in Donegal.

THE Garda Síochána and Justice Minister Michael McDowell were both unable to say yesterday when disciplinary action would be taken against the officers criticised by the Morris Tribunal.

Senior gardaí tonight broke their silence to reject stinging criticism arising from the Morris Tribunal report into alleged Garda corruption in Donegal.

NOEL MCMAHON, the detective garda found guilty of corruption by the Morris Tribunal, has tendered his resignation.

A DONEGAL garda claimed yesterday he was told to forget about the events surrounding the death of cattle dealer Ritchie Barron after making an explosives find.

An Oireachtas committee should be set up to monitor the Gardaí and ensure the recommendations laid out in the hard-hitting Morris Report are followed, it was claimed tonight.

A second senior garda criticised for his role in Donegal in the early 1990s by the hard-hitting Morris report has handed in his resignation, it emerged today.