THE final witness gave evidence before the Morris Tribunal this week, but when the inquiry began more than five years ago, it convened against a backdrop of some of the most serious allegations ever made against the gardaí — a force which had not been significantly reformed since the establishment of the State.

THE wife and children of Frank Shortt, the Donegal publican falsely jailed for drugs offences after being set up by gardaí, yesterday agreed a massive six-figure compensation settlement with the State.

The wife and children of Frank Shortt, the Donegal publican falsely jailed for drugs offences, today agreed a massive compensation settlement with the State.

NIGHTCLUB owner Frank Shortt yesterday accepted a belated apology from the State for being framed by corrupt gardaí and wrongly jailed for 27 months.

The State today apologised unreservedly to Co Donegal man Frank Shortt for his wrongful conviction and imprisonment on trumped up charges that he allowed the sale of drugs at his former nightclub in Inishowen.

A laywer told the Supreme Court today that Co Donegal man Frank Shortt is "still living the nightmare" for his wrongful conviction and arrest on charges of allowing the sale of drugs at his former nightclub in Inishowen.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has said Justice Minister Michael McDowell and his predecessors have serious questions to answer about garda corruption in Donegal.

THE first report of a tribunal into garda abuses in Co Donegal has still not been debated in the Dáil — 10 months after it was published.

GARDAÍ are facing a bill of up to €1.5 million to defend themselves in tribunals and court cases, it emerged yesterday.

TWO gardaí at the centre of a garda corruption inquiry concerning the investigation into the death of Donegal cattle dealer Richie Barron were last night sacked from the force.

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 Government was right to sack Superintendent Kevin Lennon from the Garda Siochána.

SACKED Garda Superintendent Kevin Lennon has hinted he may take legal action following his dismissal from the force on foot of the damning Morris Tribunal report.

A disgraced Superintendent who orchestrated fake IRA explosive dumps across county Donegal was today sacked from An Garda Siochana.

A GARDA superintendent and three rank-and-file gardaí were yesterday refused legal costs for failing to co-operate with the Morris Tribunal.

A Garda superintendent and three rank-and-file gardaí were today refused legal costs for failing to co-operate with the Morris Tribunal.

Witnesses who failed to cooperate with the Morris Tribunal investigating alleged garda corruption in Donegal are expected to have their costs applications rejected today.

Witnesses who failed to co-operate in the inquiry into corruption in the Donegal Garda division may face large legal bills tomorrow.

Hoax IRA arms dumps, corrupt senior gardaí, and claims of harassment have already rocked An Garda Siochana yet tomorrow sees the start of another two years of inquiry.

YESTERDAY’S graduation ceremony at Templemore was a symbolic one: the first since the publication of the Morris Tribunal’s interim report on Garda corruption in Donegal.

THE Garda Síochána and Justice Minister Michael McDowell were both unable to say yesterday when disciplinary action would be taken against the officers criticised by the Morris Tribunal.

Senior gardaí tonight broke their silence to reject stinging criticism arising from the Morris Tribunal report into alleged Garda corruption in Donegal.

NOEL MCMAHON, the detective garda found guilty of corruption by the Morris Tribunal, has tendered his resignation.

An Oireachtas committee should be set up to monitor the Gardaí and ensure the recommendations laid out in the hard-hitting Morris Report are followed, it was claimed tonight.

A second senior garda criticised for his role in Donegal in the early 1990s by the hard-hitting Morris report has handed in his resignation, it emerged today.

ONE of the key garda figures in the Morris Tribunal into garda corruption is to retire from the force.

A DISGRACED senior garda officer, found to have set up hoax explosive finds in Co Donegal, told the Morris Tribunal he did not accept the findings of its first report.

A disgraced senior Garda officer, found to have set up hoax explosive finds in Co Donegal, told the Morris Tribunal today that he did not accept the findings of its first report.

SHEENAGH McMAHON, the whistleblowing former wife of a disgraced detective facing the sack from the force, has revealed the full extent of the intimidation and bullying she suffered after first making a statement against him and a colleague.

A cynical and deeply worried public will not be satisfied with the early retirement of a senior garda officer, on full pension, and the prospective dismissal of a garda detective, as a response to the appalling revelations from the Morris Tribunal report.

GARDA Commissioner Noel Conroy headed the force’s Crime and Security branch at a time when it was negligent in failing to ask questions about a trip to the United States by two central figures investigated by the Morris Tribunal.

The senior Garda who retired after being found guilty of gross negligence by the Morris Tribunal, has escaped very lightly, it was claimed today.

A senior garda in Co Donegal is retiring from his post in the aftermath of the publication of the report from the Morris Tribunal into Garda corruption.

IT began with a broken marriage and ended yesterday with two gardaí labelled corrupt liars and 17 others branded grossly negligent or obstructive.

THE first report of the Morris Tribunal could not be more damning for the Garda Síochána.

Political Correspondent Fionnán Sheahan reports on the Morris Tribunal’s findings that Supt Kevin Lennon and Det Garda Noel McMahon planted ammunition and hoax explosives to advance their careers.

THIS entire set of circumstances started with a mischievous young woman anxious to portray herself as an informer, says Mr Justice Frederick Morris.

A GARDA working group is to be set up to examine the recommendations made in the first Morris Tribunal Report.

AN Garda Síochána is losing its discipline - a trend that will ultimately lead to disaster, Judge Frederick Morris concluded yesterday.

Alleged IRA informer and key Morris Tribunal witness Adrienne McGlinchey is capable of lying about anything and to anybody, the garda corruption probe heard today.

NOEL McMAHON adopted a sinister approach to his estranged wife after she made a statement listing allegations against the detective, the Morris Tribunal was told yesterday.

GARDA evidence to the Morris Tribunal has often been close to farcical, the on-going corruption claims probe was told yesterday.

Concerns within the Garda Representative Association over evidence given by senior officers to the Morris Tribunal were spelled out today.

GARDAI were powerless to take action against hardened IRA terrorists living openly in Co Donegal while their campaign of violence was at its height, the Morris Tribunal was told yesterday.