Cormac O’Keeffe

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.

A former Garda today said it was ‘disgusting’ for the Morris Tribunal to suggest he had been responsible for the death of a cattle dealer.

An alleged IRA informer who was given a garda bleeper smashed it because he didn’t know how to turn it off, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A sacked superintendent tried to plant explosives on a Co Donegal farm in 1997 but was “outwitted” by his garda informer, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

The former head of the Donegal garda division said he was “sceptical” that an unreliable informer had been tortured by the IRA, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

Two gardaí who are central to an inquiry into a mysterious hit-and-run which sparked the Morris Tribunal were tonight sacked from the force.

The arrest of a key informant during the investigation into the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron was a “charade”, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A senior Garda officer in Donegal admitted he had considered arresting another member of the force who was under an “aura of suspicion”.

A senior garda in charge of the investigation into cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death said a local garda connived with an informer and a witness to frame the McBrearty family, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A senior garda in charge of the investigation into cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death found it full of “skulduggery”, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A GARDA station diary was altered to show a different clocking off time for a member of the force on the same night an extortion phone call was made from that garda’s home.

A Garda station diary was altered to show a different clocking off time for a member of the force, the Morris tribunal heard today.

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.

A man arrested in connection with the murder of a Raphoe cattle dealer was taken to a remote station to ensure senior gardai involved in the case could not “interfere” with him, it was claimed today.

It was a mistake not to preserve the scene of cattle dealer Riche Barron’s death, a garda admitted at the Morris Tribunal today.

A GARDA who was supposed to be on duty on the night of cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death was drinking in a pub eight miles away, the Morris Tribunal heard yesterday.

A garda who was supposed to be on duty on the night of cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death was in a pub eight miles away, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

GARDAÍ claimed yesterday that Frank McBrearty Jnr beat himself up while being questioned about an alleged assault.