SERIAL murder confessor Dean Lyons made a “quantum leap” from his first interview with gardaí when he had only vague information about the Grangegorman murders to his later statement in which he presented a very detailed account.

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 34-year-old Limerick man was jailed for five years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for firearms and ammunition offences.