A few females are plying their trade in male-dominated sectors hit by recession, says Sue Leonard

DEIRDRE RYAN (Dundrum South Dublin) was named Athlete of the Year at the National Athletics Awards in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry on Saturday night.

THE star of Ireland’s U23 team which claimed gold at the European cross-country championships in Albufeira yesterday predicts this title will be the catalyst for senior glory.

CIARÁN Ó LIONÁIRD (Leevale AC) finished a close-up fourth in the tough ACC Conference meet at Franklin Park, Boston, where less than four seconds separated the top four finishers.

Athletics Ireland today announced a 36-strong team for the European Cross Country Championships which take place on December 9 in Toro, Spain.

MARK CHRISTIE who was the victim of a harsh disqualification in the final of the 5,000m at the European under-23 championships in Debrecen on Thursday night was reinstated in the early hours of yesterday morning and the records now show that the Mullingar man finished sixth in 13 mins 58.83 secs.

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.

Michael Dods may be making a trip to the unusual surroundings of Royal Ascot next month after the eye-catching victory of Rubirosa at Ripon.

The head of the garda fraud squad today put up a robust defence of his career and professionalism rejecting any part in the bugging of garda stations.

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

A retired garda detective superintendent today claimed he had never heard of ’boxing’ - an irreverent garda term to get suspects to tell the truth.

A former garda surveillance expert was today accused of denying suspects were routinely recorded while in custody for fear scores of convictions would be overturned.

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

A senior garda today denied he ordered the transfer of a suspended colleague from Donegal to Dublin.

Disgraced former Detective Sergeant John White today insisted he never physically abused a woman in garda custody.

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.

Gardaí in Donegal have erected a blue wall around them that will not be penetrated or demolished, it was claimed today.

THE doctor treating Detective Sergeant John White has been summoned to appear before the Morris Tribunal this morning after Mr Justice Frederick Morris said he was not satisfied the witness was unable to appear.

A former garda was today warned he would be taken to the High Court if he refused to give evidence to the Morris Tribunal.

IRISH athletics is on the brink of unprecedented levels of funding, with Irish Sports Council (ISC) chairman Ossie Kilkenny telling yesterday’s Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI) congress that the ISC is ready to respond to all objective approaches for aid now that new structures have been put in place.

A FORMER superintendent denied at the Morris Tribunal that gardaí had ever been encouraged to step outside the rules by using aggressive interview techniques to break people down in custody.

THERE were no cloak and dagger methods used during interviews with a Donegal woman in relation to the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron, a garda claimed yesterday.

There was pandemonium in Letterkenny while the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron was being investigated, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

MAJOR changes are taking place within the gardaí to ensure Donegal-style abuses don’t happen again, the Garda Commissioner and the Justice Minister have said.

A suspended Detective Sergeant today said he had hoped two sisters would not tell the Morris Tribunal about the systematic abuse they suffered in custody.

A FEMALE garda yesterday insisted she played no part in the psychological torture meted out to a mother-of-three at Letterkenny station despite shocking revelations from two other officers that she did.

A female garda today insisted she played no part in the psychological torture meted out to a mother-of-three at Letterkenny station despite shocking revelations from two other officers that she did.

A detective garda today broke down in the witness box as he apologised to two innocent sisters for mistreating them in custody.

A GARDA detective said yesterday he and two officers psychologically abused two sisters being quizzed over the death of Donegal cattle dealer Richie Barron.

A garda detective has claimed he and two fellow officers severely psychologically abused two sisters being quizzed over the death of Donegal cattle dealer Richie Barron, it emerged today.

A row erupted in a Donegal garda station over the detention of a suspect arrested following the discovery of an explosive device at a telecoms mast, a garda told the Morris Tribunal today.

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.

A 46-year-old man who secretly filmed his 13-year-old neighbour naked in the shower while she was staying over in his home, has been jailed for two years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.