A Detective Garda today admitted it was a serious matter that a number of the interview notes from a prime suspect in a murder went missing.

A SENIOR garda, who, along with another officer allegedly helped stage bogus IRA arms finds, yesterday angrily rejected suggestions he had taken bribes or had an extra-marital affair.

Concern and confusion over a reported find of terrorist material in Co Donegal nearly a decade ago were detailed today at the continuing Morris Tribunal probe of Garda corruption allegations.

Two of the main towns in Co Donegal were prime locations for on-the-run IRA personnel during the height of the terrorist campaign during the 1980s and 1990s, the Morris Tribunal probe of Garda corruption allegations heard today.