Garda tells tribunal the McBreartys were called ‘the Don Corleones’

A DONEGAL family implicated in the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron were labelled the Don Corleones, it was claimed yesterday.

Garda tells tribunal the McBreartys were called ‘the Don Corleones’

Sergeant Brendan Roache said senior officers probing the fatal hit-and-run in Raphoe used the Mafia tag when referring to the McBrearty family.

He told the Morris Tribunal an officer said at a conference that “the Don Corleone family had a row last week”.

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