A senior garda involved in a botched murder investigation in Donegal believed a confession had been signed by the prime suspect.

The mother of a Donegal publican arrested on suspicion of murdering a cattle dealer today broke down as she revealed the distress it caused her.

An international handwriting expert today ruled out claims by a wrongly-arrested murder suspect that detectives forged his signature on statements.

A garda superintendent was unaware a doctor had warned against interrogating a Donegal publican until after he had spent almost two hours questioning him, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A publican wrongly arrested during a botched murder probe knew about his son’s false murder confession four months before he claims to have been made aware of it, the Morris Tribunal today heard.

There was no sinister motive behind the disappearance of interview notes during a botched murder investigation in Donegal, it was claimed today.

A Garda sergeant today apologised profusely for arresting a wrongly-detained murder suspect while he was taking his young children to school.

An elderly woman today told a disgraced former garda to start telling the truth to the Morris Tribunal.

Frank McBrearty Jr and his family will travel to the United States this morning after being refused entry yesterday.

Frank McBrearty Jr has instructed his lawyers to take action against the state after he was refused entry to the United States for a family holiday.

Frank McBrearty Jr displayed a copy of a cheque for €1.5m, which he received from the Garda Síochána in settlement of his long-running action, outside the High Court in Dublin today.

Frank McBrearty Jr has been awarded the costs of his action against the State arising from his wrongful treatment at the hands of gardaí in Donegal.

Lawyers for Frank McBrearty Jr, the Donegal publican framed for a murder that never was, are to meet state solicitors today in the latest stage in his battle for compensation.

The McBrearty family demanded a public apology today from Minister for Justice Michael McDowell after he accused them of trying to blackmail and bully him.

More than 1,000 people have attended a protest in Ballina this afternoon against the jailing of five men for attempting to prevent the building of a gas pipeline on their land in Co Mayo.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell was today branded a bully-boy by the Opposition despite promising a Government apology to families framed by corrupt gardaí in Co Donegal.

NOT surprisingly, the overwhelming reaction of the public at large to the second Morris report on the nefarious activities of the gardaí in Donegal has been one of deep shock.

A debate is expected to be held in the Dáil later this month on the shocking revelations of the second report from the Morris Tribunal.

A number of senior gardaí are facing possible dismissal following publication of the Morris Tribunal's second report yesterday.

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 work of the Morris Tribunal will not be affected by the theft of possible evidence from a key garda witness, it emerged tonight.

The chair of the Morris Tribunal today told a Donegal publican to wind up his cross-examination for the sake of the public purse.

Questions should have been raised over the reliability and motivation of damning statements implicating a Raphoe publican in the death of a local cattle dealer, it was claimed tonight.

A senior garda admitted to the Morris Tribunal today that two members of the McBrearty family were the only “realistic suspects” in the suspicious death of Richie Barron in 1996.

A senior garda today denied to the Morris Tribunal today that gardaí held a “one-track” investigation into the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron in 1996.

FRANK McBREARTY Jr claimed yesterday that his alleged confession to the murder of Richie Barron did not exist on the day a senior garda claims to have seen it.

The Morris Tribunal has heard that questions remain unanswered in relation to the arrest and detention by gardai of Frank McBrearty Jr for an alleged assault on a Co Tyrone man.

TWO men were identified as suspects in the supposed murder of cattle dealer Richie Barron because of false witness statements allegedly concocted by a garda, the Morris Tribunal has heard.