Suspended Detective Sergeant John White is corrupt and manipulative, Mr Justice Frederick Morris found, despite a judge and jury clearing him of criminal charges.

The latest findings from the Morris Tribunal into garda corruption in Co Donegal will now be published soon after a related criminal trial finished today.

The Morris Tribunal into garda corruption in Donegal today concluded its sub-module into the detention of Michael Peoples.

A FORMER garda accused of intimidating a man wrongly arrested for murder failed to appear to give evidence at the Morris Tribunal yesterday.

A former garda accused of intimidating a man wrongly arrested for murder failed to appear to give evidence at the Morris Tribunal today.

A GARDA officer yesterday said he never believed a man he stated was arrested for murder was involved in the actual alleged offence.

A senior garda today denied threatening a suspect or calling him abusive names during an investigation into cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death in 1996.

A retired detective superintendent, who was criticised in a Morris Tribunal report, today said another officer was engaged in a conspiracy to discredit him over the Silver Bullet affair.

A suspended Donegal garda detective claimed today his career had been ruined, his family life destroyed and that he had been shunned by the community over allegations he framed a publican.

A suspended Donegal garda sergeant today produced almost 130 instances where he claimed a key witness at the Morris Tribunal had lied.

THE claim that gardaí weren’t aware a member of the extended McBrearty family had an alibi for the night he was alleged to have threatened a witness with a silver bullet is laughable, a former detective sergeant said.

The claim gardaí weren’t aware a member of the extended McBrearty family had an alibi for the night he was alleged to have threatened a witness with a silver bullet is laughable, a former detective sergeant said today.

A former detective sergeant today said his life had been totally destroyed by accusations he set up a false death threat allegation against members of the McBrearty family.

A witness who alleged he was threatened with a silver bullet by two members of the extended McBrearty family did so because he was devious, a former detective sergeant said today.

SUSPENDED Detective Sergeant John White was shocked and afraid when he was arrested and brought in for questioning at his own garda station, the Morris Tribunal into garda corruption in Donegal heard yesterday.

A suspended detective was shocked and afraid when he was arrested and brought in for questioning at his own garda station, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A DETECTIVE sergeant was suspected of having an unethical involvement with a witness in cases against the McBrearty family in Donegal, a member of an internal garda investigation team said yesterday.

Detective Sergeant John White was already suspected of unethical involvement with a witness before the arrest of the witness who implicated him, a top garda claimed today.

The use of patrol cars to drive a witness from Sligo to Donegal to testify against the McBrearty family in a licensing case was totally unusual and totally against regulations, a member of an internal Garda investigation team said today.

A witness who falsely alleged he had received a death threat with a silver bullet seemed genuinely traumatised when he reported the incident, a Sligo garda inspector said today.

A FORMER Sligo garda said yesterday he was suspicious a senior officer was involved in the “setting up” of a false death threat claim following the arrest of the man who had made the allegations.

A former Sligo garda said today he was suspicious that a senior officer was involved in the “setting up” of a false death threat claim following the arrest of the man who had made the allegations.

It was “highly unlikely” that a man who falsely alleged he had received death threats could have sustained the pretence for months on his own, a detective garda said today.

A key witness told the Morris Tribunal today he was afraid of a garda sergeant who he claimed prompted him to make a maze of false allegations.

GARDA Commissioner Noel Conroy yesterday admitted he was not informed about the reclassification of cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death for over two years.

A Sligo man broke down crying after he admitted making false statements about a silver bullet death threat, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A MAN who falsely claimed he had been threatened with death by a silver bullet was put up to it by a garda sergeant, the Morris Tribunal into garda corruption in Donegal heard yesterday.

AN illiterate man was told by a garda sergeant that he would pay him if he stayed in a nightclub after hours with as much drink as possible in front of him, the Morris Tribunal into garda corruption heard yesterday.

A key witness who falsely claimed he was threatened with death by a silver bullet is to give evidence at the Morris Tribunal today.

SENIOR gardaí gave instructions to target the McBrearty family as part of the investigation into the death of a Donegal cattle family, the Morris Tribunal into garda corruption heard yesterday.

A DONEGAL garda claimed yesterday he could have been a pawn in the framing of nightclub boss Frank McBrearty Junior.

GARDAÍ took nine months to probe claims by a Raphoe man that he was framed for making death threats, the Morris Tribunal into Garda corruption in Donegal heard yesterday.

Gardaí took nine months to probe claims a Raphoe man was framed for making sinister death threats with a silver bullet, it emerged today.

LAWYERS for a garda sergeant branded a liar by the Morris Tribunal yesterday said an agenda had been set at the inquiry to destroy the officer.

The big question remains after the Morris report: Who killed Richie Barron? asks Cormac O’Keeffe.

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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.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell has reportedly received the Morris Tribunal's latest report into allegations of garda corruption in the Donegal division.

THE Garda Press Office last night declined to comment on the apparent leaking of a document from Commissioner Noel Conroy which defends the disastrous investigation into the death of Donegal cattle dealer Richie Barron.

A FRESH row has broken out between Justice Minister Michael McDowell and the family of Donegal publican Frank McBrearty Snr after a planned meeting between the parties yesterday was cancelled at the last minute.

The lengthy delay in obtaining telephone records vital to the investigation into Raphoe cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death was not acceptable, an assistant commissioner said today.

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 FORMER garda has been threatened by the chairman of the Morris Tribunal with criminal prosecution unless he answers questions.