Detective denies involvement in hoax bomb discoveries

A VETERAN detective and key figure at the Morris Tribunal probe of garda corruption yesterday denied being involved in any hoax finds of explosives or bomb-making equipment in Co Donegal during the 1990s.

Detective Garda Noel McMahon, one of two officers at the heart of this phase of the inquiry, declared: "The allegations are totally false."

He started giving evidence on the 128th sitting day of the Dublin-based investigation, chaired by former High Court President Mr Justice Frederick Morris.