Witness was offered share of ‘million pounds payout’, court hears

ALLEGED IRA informant Adrienne McGlinchey offered a Morris Tribunal witness a share of a million pounds pay-out if he backed up her story over garda involvement in the mixing of explosives at a shed owned by her mother, it was alleged yesterday.

The tribunal heard details of the inducement made to Pearse Devine, a fellow witness at the garda corruption inquiry. Mr Devine’s sister Yvonne was once a friend of Ms McGlinchey and shared a flat with her in Buncrana, Co Donegal. She said she was anticipating a million pounds compensation relating to an allegation of harassment by the State and said she would see Mr Devine “right” if he went to her solicitor, as well as paying his expenses for going to Dublin, the court heard.

Mr Devine recalled: “She told me it was my chance to get my own back on the gardaí over a hoax telephone call.”