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.

Suspended Detective Sergeant John White tonight claimed the Morris Tribunal’s finding that he is corrupt is perverse and insisted his acquittal in court proved his innocence.

Ardara, on the edge of Donegal’s western seaboard, became another town blackened by allegations of garda corruption after an arson attack on a telecommunications mast and an explosive was planted at it in November 1996.

Suspended Detective Sergeant John White is corrupt and manipulative, Mr Justice Frederick Morris found, despite a judge and jury clearing him of criminal charges.

Seven Travellers were arrested in May 1998 after gardaí raided a halting site on the outskirts of Burnfoot on the Inishowen peninsula.

THE Minister for Justice is free to immediately publish three more reports of the Morris Tribunal investigating Garda corruption in Co Donegal as a result of a ruling of the High Court yesterday.

A SUSPENDED detective sergeant said yesterday he had hoped two sisters would not tell the Morris Tribunal about the systematic abuse they suffered in custody.

A once highly regarded detective garda has admitted systematically and severely abusing two innocent sisters as they were interrogated over the death of Donegal cattle dealer Richie Barron, it emerged today.

A detective garda has admitted severely and maliciously abusing two sisters as they were quizzed over the death of Donegal cattle dealer Richie Barron, it emerged today.

A GARDA detective said yesterday he and two officers psychologically abused two sisters being quizzed over the death of Donegal cattle dealer Richie Barron.

THE Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Morris Tribunal to proceed with a private inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the arrest and detention of seven people at Burnfoot, Co Donegal, in May 1998.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

A FORMER Sligo garda said yesterday he was suspicious a senior officer was involved in the “setting up” of a false death threat claim following the arrest of the man who had made the allegations.

A SLIGO man was “used” by gardaí in Raphoe to secure a conviction against Frank McBrearty Snr’s nightclub by giving a witness statement saying he was found on the premises after hours, a retired garda said yesterday.

A key witness told the Morris Tribunal today he was afraid of a garda sergeant who he claimed prompted him to make a maze of false allegations.

A detective sergeant today alleged another garda was casting him in a shady light before the Morris Tribunal due to a grievance.

A SECRET Government report on garda intelligence handling at the time of the Omagh bomb must be made public, Labour leader Pat Rabbitte said last night.

A secret Government report on garda intelligence handling at the time of the Omagh bomb must be made public, it was claimed tonight.