The prime suspect in the stabbing of the son of publican Frank Shortt has been captured at a border checkpoint, gardaí revealed today.

A man remains in a critical condition in hospital today after being stabbed 13 times in Co Donegal yesterday morning.

THE state has paid out €12 million in civil cases related to Garda abuses investigated by the Morris tribunal.

The State has reportedly paid out more than €10m in the past five years in compensation cases taken against the Gardaí.

A private investigator today denied being the author of a shocking tip-off implicating the top brass of An Garda Síochana in corruption and dirty policing.

THE wife and children of Frank Shortt, the Donegal publican falsely jailed for drugs offences after being set up by gardaí, yesterday agreed a massive six-figure compensation settlement with the State.

The wife and children of Frank Shortt, the Donegal publican falsely jailed for drugs offences, today agreed a massive compensation settlement with the State.

NIGHTCLUB owner Frank Shortt yesterday accepted a belated apology from the State for being framed by corrupt gardaí and wrongly jailed for 27 months.

The State today apologised unreservedly to Co Donegal man Frank Shortt for his wrongful conviction and imprisonment on trumped up charges that he allowed the sale of drugs at his former nightclub in Inishowen.

A laywer told the Supreme Court today that Co Donegal man Frank Shortt is "still living the nightmare" for his wrongful conviction and arrest on charges of allowing the sale of drugs at his former nightclub in Inishowen.

The daughter of Frank Shortt, who spent three years in jail due to a wrongful conviction of allowing drugs to be sold at his club, has said she is “outraged” at the €1.9m compensation paid by the State to her father.

Donegal nightclub owner, Frank Shortt, who was jailed for a wrongful drugs conviction today said he was disappointed with a €1.9m compensation award.

THE scandal of police corruption in Donegal is going to cost the hard-pressed taxpayer, with €375,000 already going to an innocent man who was put behind bars by lies.

A DONEGAL family implicated in the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron were labelled the Don Corleones, it was claimed yesterday.

A Donegal family implicated in the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron were labelled the Don Corleone’s, it was claimed today.

The State is facing a multi-million euro damages bill over the garda corruption scandal in Co Donegal with up to 40 people planning to sue the State.

IT’S an unfortunate coincidence that Garda Commissioner Pat Byrne retires in the same week as six gardaí appear in court charged with assault causing harm against civilians.

THE Department of Justice was given responsibility for the Garda Síochána to leave the gardaí free to do the policing while the civil servants assumed the administrative responsibility for matters such as accounting for the force.

One of the gardai suspended following a ruling that freed Donegal night club owner, Frank Shortt, has begun a legal challenge to her suspension in the High Court.

Fine Gael has demanded an extension of the terms of reference of the tribunal established to investigate alleged garda corruption in Donegal.

THE story of Frank Shortt and his family represents more than a miscarriage of justice.

IRISH people who have lived overseas for any length of time frequently appreciate the gardaí more than most.

Garda Commissioner Pat Byrne has not ruled out the dismissal of members of the Garda Siochana following the miscarriage of justice certificate awarded to Frank Shortt this week.

Frank Shortt has expressed his disappointment that the Garda Commissioner and the Minister for Justice have not as yet offered an apology to him or his family

Justice Minister Michael McDowell has appealed to the Gardai not to be demoralised by the actions of some members of the force in the Frank Shortt case.

Garda Commissioner Pat Byrne has revealed that a criminal investigation is now underway after the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled that two senior Gardai framed a man who spent three years in jail for allowing drugs to be sold in his nightclub.

The Taoiseach said yesterday that the Frank Shortt affair will be fully investigated and that those involved will be brought to justice.

GARDAÍ at the centre of the miscarriage of justice involving Donegal nightclub owner Frank Shortt now face dismissal from the force and criminal investigation, it emerged last night.

Bertie Ahern said he was very pleased at the outcome of the case of Frank Shortt.

Donegal nightclub owner Frank Shortt who was granted a miscarriage of justice certificate is not intending to take legal against the State.

The decision of the three judges of the Court of Criminal Appeal that Frank Shortt was a victim of a miscarriage of justice was not just a vindication of his good name.

Seán McCárthaigh analyses an investigation that uncovered much more than gardaí or the public could have imagined

A garda superintendent was one of two officers declared by a court today to have deliberately concealed and invented evidence to secure a drugs conviction against an innocent nightclub owner.