FRANK McBREARTY Jnr was yesterday confirmed as a Labour Party candidate for June’s local elections — four years after he reached a €1.5 million settlement with the State for his framing for murder in Donegal.

Frank McBrearty Jnr - whose family was at the centre of the Morris Tribunal - is to run as a local election candidate in Co Donegal.

THE story of the McBrearty Garda corruption scandal could be coming to a cinema near you.

The story of garda corruption in Donegal could be making its way on to the screen as a new book on the saga hits the shelves today.

Justice Minister Dermot Ahern is a political gurrier who is unfit to hold office, it was claimed in the Dáil today.

THE state has paid out €12 million in civil cases related to Garda abuses investigated by the Morris tribunal.

HARASSMENT. Appalling dereliction of duty. Terrible injustice. Endemic corruption. Shocking scandals.

The final report of the Morris Tribunal has criticised some senior Gardaí in Donegal for allowing a Sergeant run a campaign of harassment against a local publican and his family in the late 1990s.

The work of the longest garda corruption inquiry in the history of the state will wind to a close next week when its final reports are published.

The Government is to hold a debate within weeks on the Morris Tribunal findings on garda corruption.

Labour Party Justice spokesman Pat Rabbitte has called for a full Dáil debate to be held on the findings of the Morris Tribunal.

TÁNAISTE Mary Coughlan last night denied the Government tried to “bury” a report on alleged Garda corruption by releasing it on the same day as the new Taoiseach was elected.

THE sixth Morris Report outlines the scale of Garda corruption in the questioning of suspects following the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron, the subsequent lies, and a “wall of silence” faced by investigators.

Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has said he fully accepted the Morris Tribunal report's findings, adding that it was a matter of profound regret that the families involved were mistreated by the force.

The latest report from the Morris Tribunal has concluded that a number of people were arrested and detained unlawfully in the investigation into the death of Richie Barron.

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.

A garda sergeant became a hate figure for a Donegal publican who destroyed his reputation and career, it was claimed today.

The former chair of the Garda Complaints Board today said he regretted not being able to fully investigate claims of corruption and harassment among members in Donegal.

A former top official with the Garda Complaints Board today said there was nothing special about a string of accusations received by the office in 1997 about alleged garda misconduct in Donegal.

A shamed former garda today strongly denied any involvement in the death 11 years ago of Donegal cattle dealer, Richie Barron.

A former Garda sergeant today insisted he was not to blame for Donegal publican Frank McBrearty Snr refusing to give evidence at the Morris Tribunal.

Frank McBrearty Snr has refused to give evidence at a tribunal probing claims of garda corruption in Donegal, it emerged today.

A Donegal publican told a former garda sergeant he was trained to kill a man with his bare hands, it was claimed today.

A Donegal publican who won almost €4.5m in damages can afford legal representation at a tribunal probing allegations of garda corruption, it was claimed today.

Gardaí took a weather permitting approach to policing in a Donegal town, it was claimed today.

A private detective today admitted illegally obtaining telephone records in an attempt to clear the names of a Donegal family at the centre of a botched murder inquiry.

A lone garda was forced to flee a Donegal town for his own safety after a mob of up to 800 people began throwing glasses at him, it emerged today.

An experienced Garda today said he felt uneasy when a colleague revealed he had made a secret recording of an interview with a drugs suspect, at which both officers were present.

BUSINESS owners are not committing an offence if they refuse to evacuate their premises during a bomb scare, a tribunal heard yesterday.

Business owners are not committing a criminal offence if they refuse to evacuate their premises during a bomb scare, it emerged today.

The son of a man at the centre of Garda harassment allegations did not turn up today to give scheduled evidence at the Morris Tribunal.

Former Taoiseach John Bruton today denied trying to silence one of his TDs who led a campaign to help a Donegal family expose garda corruption.

Pub and nightclub inspections by gardai enforcing the liquor licensing law should be a quick-run strategy and not a prolonged exercise, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

Gardaí walked around with torches searching for suspect packages during several bomb scares at an unevacuated Donegal nightclub, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

Gardaí laid siege to a Donegal nightclub in the late 1990s, harassing and intimidating staff and customers in a manner worse than the Mafia, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

Student gardaí were sent undercover into a Donegal nightclub to expose breaches of the liquor licensing laws, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A retired Garda Superintendent today denied calling for a no-nonsense, get tough approach to weekend policing amid claims a publican was singled out by gardaí.

An eircom employee helped a private detective access the home phone records of a senior Donegal garda officer, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A Donegal publican made a plea for help to one of the country’s garda chiefs after his family was allegedly harassed and intimidated by officers in the county, it emerged today.

A disgraced former detective single-handedly destroyed a small Co Donegal market town by waging a campaign of harassment against a prominent family, it was claimed today.

A leading publishing house has shelved plans for a new book telling how corrupt gardai tried to frame a Donegal businessman for a murder that never was.

Eight rapes were reported within a seven-week period in one Donegal Garda district in the late 1990s, it emerged today.

Eight rapes were reported within a seven-week period in one Donegal garda district in the late 1990s, it emerged today.

There is no evidence to back up an accusation a senior Donegal garda planted drugs on a man he arrested at a nightclub, it was claimed today.