A leading crime and policing academic today clamed An Garda Siochana is one of the most secretive police forces in the liberal western world.

SENIOR gardaí are warning it will be “extremely difficult” to manage the force if the upsurge in retirements of superintendents continues.

THE chairman of the Morris tribunal was wrong to disparage the conduct of two politicians, Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has said in an unusually blunt attack on a judge.

GARDAÍ in Donegal did not have a mechanism to raise concerns about senior officers at the time of the scandals, the head of the largest Garda representative body has said.

FRANK McBrearty Snr has denied he was behind faxes that alleged serious wrongdoing by two senior gardaí.

HARASSMENT. Appalling dereliction of duty. Terrible injustice. Endemic corruption. Shocking scandals.

A massive Garda corruption inquiry was tonight wound up with a stinging attack on the two senior politicians key to its being set up.

The work of the longest garda corruption inquiry in the history of the state will wind to a close next week when its final reports are published.

The Government is to hold a debate within weeks on the Morris Tribunal findings on garda corruption.

Labour Party Justice spokesman Pat Rabbitte has called for a full Dáil debate to be held on the findings of the Morris Tribunal.

THE sixth Morris Report outlines the scale of Garda corruption in the questioning of suspects following the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron, the subsequent lies, and a “wall of silence” faced by investigators.

Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has said he fully accepted the Morris Tribunal report's findings, adding that it was a matter of profound regret that the families involved were mistreated by the force.

The latest report from the Morris Tribunal has concluded that a number of people were arrested and detained unlawfully in the investigation into the death of Richie Barron.

The former chair of the Garda Complaints Board today said he regretted not being able to fully investigate claims of corruption and harassment among members in Donegal.

A shamed former garda today strongly denied any involvement in the death 11 years ago of Donegal cattle dealer, Richie Barron.

A former Garda sergeant today insisted he was not to blame for Donegal publican Frank McBrearty Snr refusing to give evidence at the Morris Tribunal.

Frank McBrearty Snr has refused to give evidence at a tribunal probing claims of garda corruption in Donegal, it emerged today.

A Donegal publican told a former garda sergeant he was trained to kill a man with his bare hands, it was claimed today.

A Donegal publican who won almost €4.5m in damages can afford legal representation at a tribunal probing allegations of garda corruption, it was claimed today.

A former Garda officer today admitted the force was excessive in its inspections of Donegal nightclub owner Frank McBrearty’s premises.

The son of a man at the centre of Garda harassment allegations did not turn up today to give scheduled evidence at the Morris Tribunal.

Student gardaí were sent undercover into a Donegal nightclub to expose breaches of the liquor licensing laws, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

There were personality clashes between a Donegal publican and gardaí who were later accused of mounting a campaign of harassment, it was claimed today.

DONEGAL publican Frank McBrearty Snr will not have to prove his business suffered a downturn in trade during an alleged campaign of Garda harassment, it was ruled yesterday.

A Garda detective claimed a Donegal publican threatened to kill him during an inspection of his father’s nightclub, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A former nightclub manager today admitted he refused to clear a packed dance hall despite warnings from senior gardai that there could be two bombs on the premises.

Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins said a retired garda was the source of ’Anonymous Allegations’ on garda corruption because he needed to make them credible, it was claimed today.

A garda whistleblower today urged an overhaul of laws brought in just months ago to help officers expose rogue colleagues.

A private investigator key to exposing the Garda corruption that sparked the Morris Tribunal was today branded an unreliable witness by the inquiry.

A newspaper editor instrumental in sparking one of the biggest tribunals in the history of the state today insisted his story about illegal Garda spying has never been challenged.

Two former gardaí who complained a murder suspect in Cork was secretly bugged will not be called to give evidence at the Morris Tribunal, it was revealed today.

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

A retired detective superintendent today said it would have been logistically impossible for him to listen to bugged conversations in a garda station.

A garda station was bugged during the detention of prisoners during a botched death probe in Donegal, a former garda revealed today.

Journalist Frank Connolly today revealed he was aware former Taoiseach John Bruton pressured Fine Gael colleagues not to help a Donegal family’s battle against garda corruption.

NEW garda disciplinary regulations are to be brought to the Government in the next few weeks, it has emerged.

Frank McBrearty Senior today called for an investigation into claims that a member of the Garda Complaints Board lobbied politicians highlighting victimisation in Donegal.

An MEP forgot a former Taoiseach warned him to stop raising the issue of garda corruption in the Dáil until he spoke with a journalist, the Morris Tribunal was told today.

GARDA representatives have suggested that the Morris Tribunal showed favouritism towards certain civilian witnesses compared with garda witnesses.

A retired detective broke down in tears today as he urged his former colleague to come clean about the abuse of two sisters in garda custody.

The former High Court president heading up the Morris Tribunal today dramatically walked out of the inquiry in a remarkable outburst over an alleged attack on his reputation.

The wife of a man wrongly arrested as a murder suspect wept today as she told the Morris Tribunal their lives have been shattered and destroyed by his arrest.

Key witness Frank McBrearty jnr failed to return to give evidence at the Morris Tribunal today causing it to be adjourned.

A Donegal publican refused to answer questions before the Morris Tribunal today until a number of gardaí he accused of mistreating him in custody were removed from the room.