Garda told ‘forget about death of Ritchie Barron’

A DONEGAL garda claimed yesterday he was told to forget about the events surrounding the death of cattle dealer Ritchie Barron after making an explosives find.

Garda Patrick Mulligan told the Morris Tribunal Chief Superintendent Denis Fitzpatrick commended him for finding the “makings of a bomb” in a car in June 1999.

And he added the senior officer, who was heavily criticised in the first tribunal report, told him to stop looking in the mirror.