A GARDA who arrested a man over the planting of an explosive device at a telecoms mast admitted during the arrest that he knew the man was innocent, the Morris Tribunal has heard.

A Donegal man refused to co-operate with the Morris Tribunal today claiming the investigation was making scapegoats out of a number of gardaí.

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 FORMER detective sergeant yesterday denied making an anonymous phone call to a suspect and interfering with evidence when an explosive device was found at a telephone mast in Donegal.

A senior garda said tonight he was horrified by allegations that one of his officers had built an explosive device in the yard of a garda station.

The arrest of a key informant during the investigation into the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron was a “charade”, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A Central Criminal Court jury took just one hour to find a sergeant not guilty of raping a woman in a Co Donegal garda station.

A friend of the woman who claims she was raped by a sergeant in a Donegal garda station has told a Central Criminal Court jury she advised her how to get the ‘"morning-after" pill in Derry.

A garda sergeant has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court for allegedly raping a woman in a Donegal garda station four years ago after they had been drinking in a local pub.

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a garda sergeant charged with raping a woman in a Donegal garda station.