Gardaí believed an explosive device planted at a telecoms mast in Co Donegal may have been made from fireworks stored at a Donegal garda station, a retired garda revealed today.

A GARDA who arrested a man over the planting of an explosive device at a telecoms mast admitted during the arrest that he knew the man was innocent, the Morris Tribunal has heard.

A garda admitted during the arrest of a Donegal plasterer over the planting of an explosive device at a telecoms mast that he knew the man was innocent, the Morris Tribunal heard today.