Garda defends interview

THERE were no cloak and dagger methods used during interviews with a Donegal woman in relation to the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron, a garda claimed yesterday.

Sergeant Paul Heffernan, who was one of the officers involved in interviewing Katrina Brolly in Letterkenny Garda Station in December 1996, insisted before the Morris Tribunal that his questions were straightforward.

“We asked straightforward questions, there was no cloak and dagger stuff,” said Sgt Heffernan, who was one of a number of gardaí who questioned Ms Brolly.