Garda probe evidence ‘almost farcical’

GARDA evidence to the Morris Tribunal has often been close to farcical, the on-going corruption claims probe was told yesterday.

Paul Murray, counsel for alleged IRA informer Adrienne McGlinchey, claimed two other central figures, Detective Superintendent Kevin Lennon and Detective Garda Noel McMahon, had lied to the tribunal.

Delivering his final submission to the tribunal investigating garda operations in Co Donegal during the 1990s, Mr Murray said: “Unfortunately... many gardaí gave evidence which was less than truthful and candid, and which, at times, bordered on the farcical.”