DIABETICS are being unfairly excluded from driving Garda patrol cars and carrying firearms, according to the Garda Representative Association which wants the ban lifted.

A Donegal man complained to his solicitor of harassment and abuse by a garda during an interview over the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

AN on-duty garda would not admit to an investigation into the police force in Donegal his whereabouts on the night cattle dealer Richie Barron died, the Morris Tribunal heard yesterday.

ONE of the key witnesses in the tribunal into allegations of garda corruption in Donegal faced pressure to withdraw claims her husband was involved in staging hoax explosives finds, the Morris Tribunal heard yesterday.

A MEMBER of the Garda Representative Association admitted yesterday he trusted only half of the force’s senior management in Donegal.